New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 15 - GAMBLING AND LIQUOR CONTROL
Chapter 6 - BOXING, WRESTLING AND MARTIAL ARTS
Part 8 - CONDUCT OF BOXING CONTESTS
Section 15.6.8.11 - CONTESTANTS' SECONDS
Universal Citation: 15 NM Admin Code 15.6.8.11
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Approval of seconds by commission: the commission must approve all seconds.
(1) Each contestant must submit the
name of his chief second and his assistant second to the commission for
approval.
(2) Only seconds approved
by the commission shall be permitted in the contestant's corner.
(3) Before the fight begins, the referee must
be informed who the chief second is.
B. Number of seconds per contestant:
(1) The maximum number of
seconds a contestant may have is three.
(2) Only one of a boxer's seconds will be
permitted inside the ring ropes between rounds.
C. Conduct of seconds:
(1) Seconds must remain seated during each
round.
(2) Seconds must not
interfere with or move a boxer who has been knocked down until they are
instructed to do so by the ringside physician.
(3) Seconds are prohibited from entering the
ring between rounds and assisting a contestant back to his corner unless the
boxing contest has been terminated by the referee or ringside
physician.
(4) Seconds are
prohibited from throwing any towel, sponge, etc., into the ring as a token of
defeat.
(5) A second may step on
the ring apron to retire his boxer in defeat.
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