"Lords of the Ring "revives the exciting era--now largely
forgotten--when college boxing attracted huge crowds and flashy
headlines, outdrawing the professional bouts. On the same night in
1940 when Joe Louis defended his heavyweight crown before 11,000
fans in New York's Madison Square Garden, collegiate boxers battled
before 15,000 fans in Madison . . . Wisconsin.
Under legendary and beloved coach John Walsh, the most successful
coach in the history of American collegiate boxing, University of
Wisconsin boxers won eight NCAA team championships and thirty-eight
individual titles from 1933 to 1960. Badger boxers included heroes
like Woody Swancutt, who later helped initiate the Strategic Air
Command, and rogues like Sidney Korshak, later the most feared mob
attorney in the United States. A young fighter from Louisville
named Cassius Clay also boxed in the Wisconsin Field House during
this dazzling era.
But in April 1960, collegiate boxing was forever changed when
Charlie Mohr-- Wisconsin's finest and most popular boxer, an
Olympic team prospect--slipped into a coma after an NCAA tournament
bout in Madison. Suddenly, not just Mohr's life but the entire
sport of college boxing was in peril. It was to be the last NCAA
boxing tournament ever held. "Lords of the Ring" tells the whole
extraordinary story of boxing at the University of Wisconsin, based
on dozens of interviews and extensive examination of newspaper
microfilm, boxing records and memorabilia.
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