<!-- message --> I was thinking should it be a collegiate sport along the lines of football, wrestling and basketball?
It used to be in the 30's-50's. Pete Rademacher was NCAA heavyweight boxing champion and won Olympic gold who in his first pro fight fought Floyd Patterson.
Yeah, that would probably be cool. What i'd like to have though is a remote control that allowed me to take off women's clothes on TV shows. Think of that, one press of a button and instant nudity. :bears:
Her chest is probably on par with a surfboard as well If Boxing was a collegiate sport I'd be in College much more often
If boxing became a collegiate sport again, it would suffer to title 8 as wrestling does. Title 8 in a nutshell says there must be gender equality in collegiate sports. This is why many Div 1 programs have disbanded wrestling. Of course they could offer womens boxing with the program, it might work:dunno:
Title 9, not 8. But, you're right, it would be an issue and just including a women's program might resolve it. No reason they couldn't train right alongside each other, too.
boxing is considered a club sport in colleges, but they do have a national tourney in vegas or reno every year. not sure if it's ncaa but anyone can join the team. on the east coast, i know penn state, lockhaven, v-tech all have boxing teams, but i heard guys from the army and airforce usually dominate.
No. Colleges started dropping boxing when concerns over liability came into play. Sure, 500 times as many football players get hurt, but as I've said before. Someone getting badly hurt in a football game looks like a car accident. Someone getting badly hurt in a boxing match looks like a mugging. Too much outcry.
This is the version I'm familiar with: from: http://waa.uwalumni.com/askabe/athletics.html Judy Kelly '59 asks Abe, “Why was collegiate boxing eliminated at the UW? I recall that there was a serious injury or even death to one of the boxers.†Answer: Boxing was a successful varsity sport at the UW from 1933 to 1960. The sport often attracted over 13,000 people to the Field house and Wisconsin won eight NCAA boxing titles. Boxing ended at the UW 22 days after the death of boxer Charles Mohr. Mohr collapsed after a second round knockout by Stu Bartell of San Jose State University during the 165-pound NCAA championship match on April 9, 1960. Mohr suffered a brain hemorrhage and died eight days later. Because of this, competitive boxing was dropped and eventually banned by the NCAA. More related to backlash over a death than liability concerns. Perhaps liability concerns were a factor, but I've always heard the ko death was the cause. Sort of what your other point was, which I agree with. It's too bad because boxing in high schools and colleges would not only help pro boxing, but it would make for the best rivalries in high schools.
A 15-year-old being beaten to death is national news. You're an idiot if you think that boxing on the high school level would work.
You're an idiot if you didn't understand why I started the sentence with 'It's too bad'. It used to be a high school sport. Right now, amateur boxing is full of high school kids. But, it's not the same. When medicine advances to the point that a subdermal blood clot in the brain can be fixed without any problems, boxing in high schools won't be far behind because i'd say that's the only reason it's not there right now.
dsimon writes: It Varies state by state. I have a buddy of mine who comes from Chicago, he is an old hippie about 55 and he boxed high school in Chicago.
