Fieldhouse crowd during boxing match

Date

• March 10, 1950

Summary

• Crowd gathered in the University of Wisconsin--Madison Fieldhouse for a boxing match vs. Michigan State in 1950. Boxing was a wildly popular spectator sport, often selling out the Fieldhouse with over 14,000 fans attending. The Wisconsin boxing team won eight NCAA team championships (1939, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954 and 1956), and 38 Badgers won individual national titles.