Alaska Administrative Code
Title 12 - Professional Regulations
Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing
Chapter 06 - Athletic Commission
Article 2 - Professional Boxing Contest Requirements
12 AAC 06.190 - Fouls in boxing contest
Current through February 24, 2025
The following acts constitute fouls in a boxing contest:
(1) hitting below the belt;
(2) hitting an opponent who is down or is getting up after being down;
(3) holding an opponent with one hand and hitting with the other;
(4) holding or deliberately maintaining a clinch;
(5) wrestling or kicking;
(6) striking an opponent who is helpless as a result of previous blows and is so supported by the ropes that he does not fall;
(7) butting with the head or shoulder, or using the knee;
(8) hitting with the open glove, the butt of the hand, the wrist or the elbow, and all backhand blows;
(9) purposely going down without being hit;
(10) striking deliberately at that part of the body over the kidneys;
(11) deliberately using the rabbit punch;
(12) jabbing the opponent's eyes with the thumb of the glove;
(13) using abusive language in the ring;
(14) engaging in an unsportsmanlike trick or action that causes injury to an opponent;
(15) hitting on the break;
(16) hitting after the bell has sounded the end of the round;
(17) roughing at the ropes;
(18) pushing an opponent about the ring or into the ropes.
Authority:AS 05.05.020(b)
AS 05.10.010
AS 05.10.020