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

Universal Citation: 12 AK Admin Code 06.190

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

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