New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 46 - RULES GOVERNING BOXING, EXTREME WRESTLING AND SPARRING EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
Subchapter 3 - BOXING EQUIPMENT AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
Section 13:46-3.3 - Placement of gloves on boxer's hands

(a) In all bouts, the gloves shall be inspected by the Commissioner's inspector and the ringside physician prior to the fight. The gloves shall be placed on the boxer's hands in the dressing room under the supervision of the Commissioner's inspector, and the laces of each glove shall be knotted on the back of the wrists and there shall be placed on the wrists of the gloves, over the laces, a strip of one-inch surgeon's adhesive tape. The gloves must be removed in the ring after the bout.

(b) If a glove bursts or is otherwise damaged during the progress of a bout, the referee shall interrupt the bout and require that such glove be replaced before the resumption of the bout.