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Mike McMurtry was the NCAA Collegiate Heavyweight champion in 1953 while boxing for Idaho State College. McMurtry, who started boxing in Tacoma when he was just a young boy, boxed at Gonzaga on a scholarship and then transferred to Idaho State when Gonzaga dropped boxing. He had to sit out the 1953 season because of NCAA's transfer rules. He also reached the NCAA tournament in 1952, 1955 and 1956. He fought 214 amateur bouts and won 207.Lexicon
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