North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 14B - Public Safety › Chapter 10 - BOXING AUTHORITY › Section .0500 - BOXING › Section 10 .0504 - FOULS - BOXING

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) In a boxing
				match, except in the case of punching while the opponent is down, a foul,
				whether intentional or unintentional, may result in a deduction of a point, as
				determined by the referee. The first offense of punching while down shall
				result in the deduction of two points from the score of the contestant who
				punches his opponent while his opponent is down, unless the first offense is
				determined by the referee to be a blatant disregard of the rule. If such
				determination is made by the referee, the contestant committing the foul shall
				be immediately disqualified and his opponent shall be declared the winner by
				disqualification. The second offense of punching while down shall result in the
				disqualification of the contestant committing the offense and his opponent
				shall be declared the winner by disqualification. In the case of all other
				fouls, the referee shall determine whether or not a point is to be deducted,
				using as his criteria the severity of the foul and its effect upon the
				opponent. When the referee determines that he shall deduct a point from a
				contestant, he shall immediately advise the contestant and judges of such
				action. The referee shall not tolerate continual and repeated commission of
				fouls by a contestant. The referee shall give warning to a contestant who
				continually and repeatedly commits fouls and when, in the opinion of the
				referee, the contestant has displayed persistent disregard for the rule
				governing the commission of fouls, the referee shall disqualify the contestant,
				terminate the match and provide such findings to the Division representative
				for appropriate action. Points for fouls shall be deducted in the round in
				which the fouls occurred. A contestant shall not be penalized in a subsequent
				round for fouls that occurred in a previous round. The following actions are
				considered to be fouls, the committing of which may result in a deduction of
				points:
(1) Major fouls consist of the
				following:
(A) Punching below the
				belt;
(B) Punching an opponent who
				is down or is getting up after being down;
(C) Holding an opponent with one hand and
				punching with the other;
(D)
				Holding or deliberately maintaining a clinch after several warnings;
(E) Wrestling or kicking;
(F) Striking an opponent who is helpless as a
				result of punches received and so supported by the ropes that he does not
				fall;
(G) Butting with the head or
				shoulder or using the knee;
(H)
				Punching with an open glove, or with the butt of the hand, the wrist or elbow
				and all backhand punches;
(I)
				Purposely going down without being punched;
(J) Striking deliberately at that part of the
				back near the spine and over the kidneys;
(K) The deliberate use of the pivot punch or
				rabbit punch or any punch struck at the back of the neck near the base of the
				skull and which is not the result of the opponent turning his head to avoid a
				punch;
(L) Jabbing the opponent's
				eyes with the thumb of the glove;
(M) The use of abusive language in the
				ring;
(N) Any unsportsmanlike trick
				or action causing injury to an opponent;
(O) Punching on the break;
(P) Punching after the bell has sounded
				ending the round;
(Q) Roughing at
				the ropes;
(R) Pushing an opponent
				around the ring or into the ropes;
(S) Tripping; or
(T) Intentional spitting out of the
				mouthpiece or allowing the mouthpiece to fall out of the mouth.