This book revives the exciting era of Wisconsin’s collegiate boxing when 15,000 people
would crowd into the UW Field House to view the most successful collegiate program in
the nation. Wisconsin won eight NCAA team titles and 38 individual titles between 1933
and 1960. But tragedy struck in 1960 when UW’s Olympic prospect, Charlie Mohr, slipped
into a coma after an NCAA tournament bout in Madison and died. It was to be the last
NCAA boxing tournament even held.
