Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2040 - Office of Athletics › Chapter 5 - Rules for Professional Boxing, Professional Wrestling, Professional and Amateur Kickboxing, and Professional Full-Contact Karate › Section 20 CSR 2040-5.040 - Rules for Professional Boxing

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: The amendment clarifies language on
				  terminating bouts after an accidental foul results in a severe
				  injury.
(1) No bout may exceed
				twelve (12) rounds nor be less than four (4) rounds. Rounds shall be no more
				than three (3) minutes in length with a one (1) minute rest period in between
				rounds. Rounds involving females may be reduced to two (2) minutes in length
				with a one (1) minute rest period between rounds.
(2) Before a contest permit will be issued,
				each professional boxing contest may include a scheduled main bout of at least
				eight (8) rounds and at least one (1) semi-main bout of at least six (6)
				rounds. The remaining bouts may not be less than four (4) rounds each. A
				contest should have a minimum of four (4) bouts totaling not less than
				twenty-four (24) rounds. The Office of Athletics may waive any of these
				restrictions at its discretion.
(3)
				No professional boxing bout shall be advertised or promoted as a championship
				bout unless it has the specific approval of the office.
(4) Contestants shall only fight contestants
				in their own weight category unless permission is granted by the office. In no
				instance may the office waive the weight category requirements, when the
				contestant's weight span exceeds ten (10) pounds excluding the weight
				classifications in subsections (L) and (M) of this section. Following is the
				schedule of weight classification:
(A) Flyweights
108-111 lbs.
(B) Bantamweights
112-118 lbs.
(C) Featherweights
119-126 lbs.
(D) Jr. Lightweights
127-130 lbs.
(E) Lightweights
131-135 lbs.
(F) Jr. Welterweights
136-140 lbs.
(G) Welterweights
141-147 lbs.
(H) Jr. Middleweights
148-154 lbs.
(I) Middleweights
155-160 lbs.
(J) Super Middleweights
161-168 lbs.
(K) Light Heavyweights
169-175 lbs.
(L) Cruiserweights
176-200 lbs.
(M) Heavyweights
over 200 lbs..
(5)
				Boxing Contestants.
(A) For the purpose of
				engaging in professional boxing contests, a professional is defined as a person
				who seeks to profit or earn a livelihood by boxing.
(B) No contestant under the age of eighteen
				(18) years shall be permitted to participate in a boxing contest. No contestant
				participating in his/her professional debut shall be permitted to box more than
				six (6) rounds in length for the first ten (10) professional bouts. Contestants
				may have to present a birth certificate or picture identification to the office
				or inspector. False statements of age or other information shall be cause for
				discipline of the contestant's license. Contestants must complete all forms
				prescribed by the office. All contestants, upon request of the office or
				inspector, must furnish the office with a boxing passport or an identification
				card (ID) issued from his/her home state and a federal identification card
				issued by the Association of Boxing Commissions.
(C) Contestants in all licensed professional
				boxing contests shall be examined by a licensed physician at a time approved by
				the office and physical examinations must be completed at least one (1) hour
				before the contest time. The weigh-in will be within forty-eight (48) hours
				prior to the contest. Contestants will then have two (2) hours to make weight.
				The weights of the contestants or the class in which they will box must be
				announced at the ringside. In case of a substitution in a bout, the substitute
				contestant shall be subject to the same physical examination as other
				contestants and must be approved by the physician and office. Contestants
				failing to appear at the appointed place and at the specified time to be
				examined and weighed, or who leave the area before weigh-ins or physical
				examinations are completed without permission of the office, may subject their
				license to discipline or may be denied the right to compete in the scheduled
				bout.