The NCAA Boxing Championship was discontinued by the National Collegiate Athletic Association after 1960. The popularity of college boxing peaked in 1948, when 55 colleges participated in intercollegiate competition. The popularity of college boxing had been waning in the years leading up to 1960, and only 20 teams competed at the 1959 championship. At the 1960 NCAA Championships Charlie Mohr, a boxer on the University of Wisconsin–Madison team, collapsed with a brain hemorrhage and died one week later.
In 1976, American collegiate boxing was picked up again by the National Collegiate Boxing Association. In 2012, the United States Intercollegiate Boxing Association (USIBA) was formed and hosted the first national championships for women alongside a men's division. The first USIBA Championships were hosted at the University of San Francisco in 2013.
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.
Unofficial team champions
1924 Penn State
1925 Navy
1926 Navy
1927 Penn State
1928 Navy
1929 Penn State
1930 Penn State
1931 Navy
1932 Penn State
1936 Syracuse
1937 Washington State
1938 (co-champions) Catholic University Virginia West Virginia 1939 Wisconsin 1940 Idaho 1941 Idaho 1942 Wisconsin 1943 Wisconsin 1947 Wisconsin
Team champions
1948 Wisconsin
1949 LSU
1950 (co-champions) Idaho Gonzaga 1951 Michigan State 1952 Wisconsin 1953 Idaho State 1954 Wisconsin 1955 Michigan State 1956 Wisconsin 1957 Idaho State 1958 San Jose State 1959 San Jose State 1960 San Jose State
Team titles
See also
"Penn State Has Won 66 National Team Championships" Pre-NCAA Boxing Champions Intercollegiate sports team champions Collegiate Nationals