New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 15 - GAMBLING AND LIQUOR CONTROL
Chapter 6 - BOXING, WRESTLING AND MARTIAL ARTS
Part 9 - SCORING SYSTEM
Section 15.6.9.14 - MINOR FOULS
Universal Citation: 15 NM Admin Code 15.6.9.14
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The following are minor fouls.
(1) Holding an
opponent.
(2) Deliberately
maintaining a clinch.
(3) Hitting
with the inside or butt of the hand, the wrist, or the elbow.
(4) Backhanded blows.
(5) Low blows.
(6) Hitting or flicking with the open
glove.
(7) Wrestling or roughing
the ropes.
(8) Deliberately
striking at the part of the body over the kidneys.
(9) Use of a pivot blow or rabbit
punch.
(10) Hitting on the
break.
B. It is within the discretion of the referee to determine whether the offending contestant should merely be warned, or have points deducted, for committing a minor foul.
C. If a boxer injures himself while attempting to intentionally foul his opponent, the referee will not take any action in his favor, and this injury will be the same as one produced by a fair blow.
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