Al Sund
{{Short description|American boxer (1902–1951)}}
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| nickname = Kid Sunn, Marty Sullivan
| weight = Bantamweight
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|8|25}}
| birth_place = Delaware, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|8|30|1902|8|25}}
| death_place = Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
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| total = 207
| wins = 203
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Albert Clifford Sund, also known by his ring names Kid Sunn and Marty Sullivan (August 25, 1902 – August 30, 1951) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1918 to 1928. He was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in 1994.
Boxing career
A Delaware native, Sund started boxing around the age of 17 at shows staged in Wilmington.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93148358/the-evening-journal/|newspaper=The Evening Journal|via=Newspapers.com|author=Greenstein, Ben|title=Marty Sullivan, State Bantam Champ, Getting Ready for Ring Return|date=August 10, 1923}} {{Open Access}} He "progressed rapidly and soon climbed to the top of local ranks in his class, by defeating all the glovemen who faced him," wrote The Evening Journal. Sund, who went by the ring names "Kid Sunn" and "Marty Sullivan," started his career by winning 53 straight fights and at one point had a career record of 87–1, including 19 consecutive knockouts.{{Cite web|url=http://www.desports.org/inductees/1994/|website=Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame|title=1994 Inductees}} He was trained and often fought at the Keystone Field Club at East Fourth Street, and was managed by Olen Hackett early in his career.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93148976/the-morning-news/|newspaper=The Morning News|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 10, 1920|title="Kid" Sun, Local Scraper, Meets K. O. Hammer}} {{Open Access}} He later was managed by George Maull.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93148226/the-news-journal/|newspaper=Journal-Every Evening|via=Newspapers.com|date=August 30, 1951|title=Albert Sund, Former Boxing Champ of State, Found Dead|page=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93148246/the-news-journal/ 4]}} {{Open Access}} In c. 1921, he was named unofficial bantamweight state champion, a title he never lost.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93148169/the-news-journal/|newspaper=The News Journal|via=Newspapers.com|date=May 15, 1994|title=Sund ruled ring in 1920s|author=Ireland, Jack}} {{Open Access}} He later fought in the Madison Square Garden and several east coast cities, including Harlem, Albany,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93148281/the-morning-news/|date=August 22, 1923|via=Newspapers.com|newspaper=The Morning News|title=Sullivan Trains For N. Y. Bouts}} {{Open Access}} Chester,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93148891/the-morning-news/|newspaper=The Morning News|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 15, 1921|title=Kid Sunn Masters Billy Carney In Sensational Mill At Chester}} {{Open Access}} Brooklyn,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93148411/the-news-journal/|newspaper=Every Evening|via=Newspapers.com|date=August 6, 1924|title=Marty Sullivan Wins by a Knockout in Brooklyn Bout}} {{Open Access}} and multiple others. Sund retired in 1928 with a lifetime record of 203–2–2, winning 98.55% of his fights.
Later life and death
Sund later worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad as an upholsterer. On August 30, 1951, Sund collapsed while visiting a friend and was pronounced dead upon arrival to the Delaware Hospital. He was 49 at the time of his death.
Sund was posthumously inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in 1994. His brother Lenny Sund was inducted in 1998.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93126642/the-news-journal/|newspaper=The News Journal|via=Newspapers.com|date=May 28, 1998|title=Sund, a flyweight who packed a heavyweight punch|author=Ireland, Jack}} {{Open Access}}
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