Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part XI - Boxing and Wrestling
Chapter 9 - London Ring Fighting (LRF)
Section XI-907 - Fouls

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XI-907

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. All LRF events shall be subject to the rules for fouls under Chapter 3, Professional Boxing, §321, Fouls, Deductions, of Points Because of a Foul and Accidental Fouling. Subsection 321.A of this Rule shall be amended as follows: any participant persistently using foul tactics may be disqualified by either the referee or the commission and in addition be subject to such penalty as the commission may impose. Foul tactics include, but are not limited to:

1. hitting below the belt;

2. hitting an opponent who is down or who is getting up after being down;

3. holding an opponent with both hands or arms in an attempt to hold their opponent;

4. deliberately maintaining a clinch;

5. butting with the head or shoulder or using the knee;

6. hitting with inside or butt of the hand, the wrist or the elbow; except a fighter may strike with the palm of his hand when in a clinch;

7. hitting or "flicking" with an open hand;

8. wrestling or roughing at the ropes;

9. purposely going down without being hit;

10. striking deliberately at that part of the body over the kidneys;

11. use of the pivot, backhand and rabbit punch;

12. the use of profane or abusive language;

13. engaging in any unsportsmanlike trick or action which causes injury to an opponent;

14. hitting on the break;

15. hitting after the bell has sounded the end of the round;

16. hitting an opponent whose head is between and outside of the ropes;

17. pushing an opponent about the ring or into the ropes;

18. hitting with an open hand;

19. kicking or kneeing an opponent;

20. eye gouging of any kind;

21. biting;

22. hair pulling;

23. fishhooking;

24. groin attacks of any kind;

25. putting a finger into any orifice or into any cut or laceration on an opponent;

26. small joint manipulation;

27. striking to the spine or the back of the head;

28. throat strikes of any kind, including without limitation, grabbing the trachea;

29. clawing, pinching or twisting the flesh;

30. grabbing the clavicle;

31. holding the shorts or hands of an opponent;

32. spitting at an opponent;

33. engaging in any unsportsmanlike conduct that causes an injury to an opponent;

34. holding the ropes or the fence;

35. attacking an opponent on or during the break;

36. attacking an opponent who is under the care of the referee;

37. attacking an opponent after the bell has sounded the end of the period of unarmed combat;

38. flagrantly disregarding the instructions of the referee;

39. timidity, including, without limitation, avoiding contact with an opponent, intentionally or consistently dropping the mouthpiece or faking an injury;

40. interference by the corner; and

41. throwing in the towel during the competition.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 4:61(D) and R.S. 4:64

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