Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
A. Upon receipt of
their certificates, boxers must attach a passport type photo of themselves to
the reverse side of the certificates.
B. Pre-Fight Medical Examination
All boxers shall submit, when weighing-in and again a
short time before the boxing program commences, to a thorough medical
examination by a physician appointed by the Authority. All such examinations
shall be conducted privately, with no other person other than the physician and
the boxer present.
1. The pre-fight
examination shall include the administration of a physical; complete medical
history; ophthalmological examination; neurological examination; and, at the
discretion of the Authority, a urinalysis, blood test, or other procedure to
detect use of prohibited substances.
2. The boxer shall present to the attending
physician the results of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV tests administered
no earlier than 180 days prior to participation in a bout. Any boxer who fails
to produce negative test results for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV shall
not participate in a boxing competition. Hepatitis vaccinations, in addition to
testing, are recommended for all boxers but are not mandatory.
3. Any boxer 35 years old or older must
provide the Authority with satisfactory proof of the results of an
electrocardiogram administered no earlier than 365 days prior to the date of
the scheduled bout.
4. The
examination shall include a pregnancy test for all female boxers. Any boxer
determined to be pregnant shall not be permitted to compete in a boxing match.
A female boxer who fails to submit to an Authority-supervised pregnancy test
will be prohibited from fighting.
5. No boxer shall enter the ring unless an
attending physician appointed by the Authority has certified his or her fitness
to engage in a boxing contest. The physician's decision that a boxer is not fit
to engage in a boxing contest shall not be subject to change by any other
official.
C. Abstinence
from the Use of Prohibited Substances
1. A
boxer's use before or during a match of any drug, performance-enhancing
substance, mind-altering substance, narcotic, stimulant, depressant, or
analgesic of any description, including without limitation alcohol, marijuana,
and substances banned by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, shall result in
the immediate disqualification of the boxer and additional disciplinary action.
The only substances a boxer may use during a match are a limited application of
petroleum jelly on the face, a solution of adrenaline 1/1000 parts, Avitene,
and thrombin.
2. The Authority may
require that a competitor submit to:
a. A
pre-fight or post-fight urinalysis, blood test, or other procedure to detect
the use of any prohibited substance; and
b. At any time after the completion of a
boxing competition, s additional testing for the use of prohibited
substances.
3. Boxers
shall cooperate with Authority testing procedures and must provide any medical
or other information sought by the Authority with regard to testing.
4. Collection of specimens of urine, blood,
or other evidence to test for possible use of prohibited substances shall be
supervised by an Authority official. Refusal to submit to such testing shall
result in the immediate disqualification of a boxer from a contest and
additional disciplinary action.
5.
The Authority shall be responsible for the costs of testing for use of
prohibited substances.
6. A
positive test result for use of prohibited substances shall constitute
prima facie proof of use of the substance(s) by a boxer and
cause for immediate certificate suspension, disqualification from competition,
and additional disciplinary action including:
a. For a first offense, 90 days' certificate
suspension and a civil penalty of $500.00; and
b. For a second offense, certificate
revocation and a civil penalty of $500.00.
D. Post-Fight Medical Examination
Immediately following a match, each boxer shall be given a
physical examination by a physician appointed by the Authority. The post-fight
examination may include a urinalysis, blood test, breath analysis, or other
procedure to detect the presence of any drug or performance-enhancing
substance. Any boxer refusing to submit to a post-fight medical examination
shall be immediately suspended for at least 30 days and be subject to
additional disciplinary action.
