NCAA Boxing Championship
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The following is a list of NCAA Team Champions in Boxing. The National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

 discontinued the boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 championship after 1960
1960 in sports
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; however in 1976
1976 in sports
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, American collegiate boxing was picked up again by the National Collegiate Boxing Association
National Collegiate Boxing Association
The National Collegiate Boxing Association was founded in 1976 as a non-profit, autonomous organization whose goal is to provide a safe, positive experience for student athletes pursuing the sport of boxing. The association falls under the auspices of USA Boxing...

.

At the 1960 NCAA Championships Charlie Mohr
Charlie Mohr
Charlie Mohr was a middleweight college boxer for the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He died April 17, 1960 of a brain hemorrhage following an NCAA Tournament bout. Twenty-two days after Charlie Mohr's death the University of Wisconsin–Madison abolished the sport at UW–Madison...

, a boxer on the University of Wisconsin–Madison
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 team, collapsed with a brain hemorrhage and died one week later.

Championships

The first year of NCAA sponsorship of the championship was 1932. However, national championships were conducted in 1924-31 as well. Before 1948, NCAA team boxing championships were unofficial because team points were not officially awarded.

See also

  • "Penn State Has Won 66 National Team Championships"
  • Pre-NCAA Boxing Champions
  • Intercollegiate sports team champions
  • Collegiate Nationals
    Collegiate Nationals
    The Collegiate Nationals is a multisport event for college students across the United States. The events air annually on CBS College Sports Network.The Nationals include competitions in sports not sanctioned by the NCAA...

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