Texas Administrative Code
Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION
Part 4 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION
Chapter 61 - COMBATIVE SPORTS
Section 61.105 - Weight Categories and Weigh-in-Boxing and Kickboxing
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) A promoter shall assure that the weigh-in takes place at a specific time set by the promoter and approved by the department, generally between the hours of 2 p.m. of the day before the contest and 12 noon the day of the contest. The department must be notified ten days before the event.
(b) A department-approved scale must be used for weighing-in contestants. The department may require that the scales be certified.
(c) Contestants failing to meet contract weight shall have two hours to meet the allowances and be reweighed.
(d) No contestant may engage in a contest where the weigh-in weight difference between contestants exceeds the allowance shown in the following "WEIGHT ALLOWANCE" schedule:
(e) If a contestant's body weight at the time of weigh-in is 5% or more over his contracted weight, he shall be disqualified for the contest.
(f) If in an attempt to make weight, a contestant shows evidence of dehydration, having taken diuretics, or other drugs, or having used any other harsh modality, the department shall disqualify the contestant on the advice of the examining physician.
(g) Weight Divisions. The weight classes for boxing and kickboxing contests or exhibitions are shown in paragraphs (1) - (15). A contestant in a weight class may participate in a bout with a contestant in an adjacent weight class so long as their weight difference falls within the weight allowance shown in subsection (d) for the weight of the contestant weighing the least.