[Mick]

As for football being banned, the only reason boxing was is because interest in it waned. If there were millions of dollars to be made from it in high schools, there would be boxing in high schools too.

College boxing was banned after a Wisconsin boxer in 1960 slipped into a coma and died 8 days after a national championship bout with an SJSU boxer.  The previous year a Texas A&M player died after a bout.  Wisconsin, the nation's leading boxing college, pulled the plug, and the NCAA followed on its heels. 

San Jose State won the last three team boxing championships in 58, 59, and 60.  But it was no consolation for Stu Bardell, the SJSU boxer who delivered the blow. 

“All I could think of was why?” Bartell told the Mercury News in 2001. “Why was I picked to land that lethal blow? People told me that it wasn’t my fault, but they weren’t in my shoes.”

https://www.mercurynews.com/2007/02/09/o...ack-clock/

Boxing fielded 20 teams in 1959, down from a peak of 55 in 1948, so it is true that its popularity was waning.  But the reason its popularity was waning had to do with growing concerns over health, and the two deaths confirmed those fears and put an end to it.

Stanford had a boxing team right up to the end, under coach Ray Lunny--later inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame.  Stanford student Ed Rothman placed second in his division at the last championships in 1960.

The death of the Wisconsin boxer Charlie Mohr was a terrible tragedy, reported in this issue of Sports Illustrated:
THE END OF COLLEGE BOXING - Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com

Collegiate boxing was serious at one time. Chuck Davey, a Michigan State boxer turned pro and was undefeated in 36 fights, beating Graziano and Basilio for the world welterweight titles. He became the Michigan Boxing Commissioner.

The National Collegiate Boxing Association (not sanctioned or recognized by the NCAA) is now a club sport, and mainly for working out. They have a national championship. There are 12 schools in the Eastern CBA, nine schools in the Midwest CBA, and 17 schools in the Far West CBA, including Pac-12 schools Berkeley, UCLA, USC, Washington, Utah, Oregon and Oregon State. SCU, USF and SJSU have boxing teams, as does Air Force. Not surprisingly, the military academies dominate the individual (30 of 38 entered boxers were from the military academies) and team championships.
NCBA Facebook,  www.ncbaboxing.org

At SCU, it's limited to amateurs with 10 bouts or less. They only fight 1-2 times annually, outside of the regionals and championships.

[Mick]

As for football being banned, the only reason boxing was is because interest in it waned. If there were millions of dollars to be made from it in high schools, there would be boxing in high schools too.

College boxing was banned after a Wisconsin boxer in 1960 slipped into a coma and died 8 days after a national championship bout with an SJSU boxer.  The previous year a Texas A&M player died after a bout.  Wisconsin, the nation's leading boxing college, pulled the plug, and the NCAA followed on its heels. 

San Jose State won the last three team boxing championships in 58, 59, and 60.  But it was no consolation for Stu Bardell, the SJSU boxer who delivered the blow. 

“All I could think of was why?” Bartell told the Mercury News in 2001. “Why was I picked to land that lethal blow? People told me that it wasn’t my fault, but they weren’t in my shoes.”

https://www.mercurynews.com/2007/02/09/o...ack-clock/

Boxing fielded 20 teams in 1959, down from a peak of 55 in 1948, so it is true that its popularity was waning.  But the reason its popularity was waning had to do with growing concerns over health, and the two deaths confirmed those fears and put an end to it.

Stanford had a boxing team right up to the end, under coach Ray Lunny--later inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame.  Stanford student Ed Rothman placed second in his division at the last championships in 1960.

The death of the Wisconsin boxer Charlie Mohr was a terrible tragedy, reported in this issue of Sports Illustrated:
THE END OF COLLEGE BOXING - Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com

Collegiate boxing was serious at one time. Chuck Davey, a Michigan State boxer turned pro and was undefeated in 36 fights, beating Graziano and Basilio for the world welterweight titles. He became the Michigan Boxing Commissioner.

The National Collegiate Boxing Association (not sanctioned or recognized by the NCAA) is now a club sport, and mainly for working out. They have a national championship. There are 12 schools in the Eastern CBA, nine schools in the Midwest CBA, and 17 schools in the Far West CBA, including Pac-12 schools Berkeley, UCLA, USC, Washington, Utah, Oregon and Oregon State. SCU, USF and SJSU have boxing teams, as does Air Force. Not surprisingly, the military academies dominate the individual (30 of 38 entered boxers were from the military academies) and team championships.
NCBA Facebook,  www.ncbaboxing.org

At SCU, it's limited to amateurs with 10 bouts or less. They only fight 1-2 times annually, outside of the regionals and championships.