New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 46 - RULES GOVERNING BOXING, EXTREME WRESTLING AND SPARRING EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
Subchapter 5 - BOXERS
Section 13:46-5.21 - Fouls

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:46-5.21

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) The following are fouls in boxing and boxers committing any of these infractions are subject to penalty as the referee sees fit:

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 one hand and hitting with the other;

4. Holding or deliberately maintaining a clinch;

5. Wrestling or kicking;

6. Any unsportsmanlike trick or action causing injury to an opponent;

7. Butting with the head or shoulder or using the knee;

8. Hitting with the open glove, or with the butt of the hand, the wrist, or the elbow; all backhand blows;

9. Roughing at the ropes;

10. Use of the kidney punch, which consists of punching in the back or kidney area;

11. Use of the rabbit punch, which is defined as punching to the back of the head or neck;

12. Jabbing opponent's eyes with the thumb of the glove;

13. The use of abusive language in the ring;

14. Hitting on the break;

15. Hitting after the bell has sounded ending the round.

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