Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part I - State Athletic Commission › Subpart B - Boxing › Chapter 25 - PROFESSIONAL KICKBOXING › Section 25.3 - Conduct of contests

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A
				  contestant will be given a physical examination by a Commission licensed
				  physician at least 2 hours before the event. The results of the examinations
				  shall be set forth in writing on Commission approved forms. If, in the opinion
				  of the physician, a boxer is physically or mentally unfit to proceed, the
				  physician shall notify the person in charge, who shall immediately cancel the
				  contest or exhibition.
(b) A
				  contest may not exceed 12, 3-minute rounds, with a minute rest period between
				  rounds.
(c) A contestant
				  intentionally avoiding physical contact with an opponent will receive a
				  warning. If a contestant continues to avoid physical contact with the opponent
				  after receiving a warning during that round, the contestant will be declared
				  the loser of that round. If a contestant continues to avoid physical contact
				  either in the same round or in the following rounds, the contestant may be
				  subject to the same penalties and procedures as a contestant using foul
				  tactics. (See §
										25.6 (relating to
				  fouls).)
(d) If a contestant
				  refuses to continue a contest while physically able to do so, the referee shall
				  disqualify the contestant, award the contest to the opposing contestant and
				  report the incident to the Commission. The purse of the disqualified contestant
				  may be impounded by the Commission pending a hearing on the disposition
				  thereof.
(e) As soon as a
				  contestant has been knocked down, the official timekeeper shall begin calling
				  the count from 1 to 10. The referee shall direct the opponent to a neutral
				  corner. Regardless of whether the boxer rises before the count of 10 is
				  reached, a boxer who has been knocked down is required to take a mandatory
				  count of 8 before the contest may continue.
(f) If a contestant who is down rises before
				  the count of 10 is reached and immediately goes down again without being
				  struck, the referee shall resume the count where it was left off.
(g) If both contestants go down at the same
				  time, counting will be continued as long as one of them is down. If one
				  contestant rises before the count of 10, and the other contestant remains down
				  after the count of 10, the first contestant to rise shall be declared the
				  winner by knockout. If both contestants rise before the count of 10, the clock
				  shall be stopped until an examination is completed. If both contestants stay
				  down for a count of 10, the contest will be stopped and the decision will be a
				  technical draw.
(h) Before a fallen
				  contestant can resume fighting after having slipped, fallen or been knocked to
				  the floor, the referee shall wipe the contestant's gloves free of foreign
				  substances, in the manner articulated in §
										21.16(e)
				  (relating to Safety Code).
(i) If a
				  contestant has been wrestled, pushed or has fallen through the ropes during a
				  contest, the referee shall call time-out and allow the contestant to return to
				  the ring. If there is a question of a contestant's ability to return to the
				  ring, the referee shall ask the ringside physician to examine the contestant.
				  The physician shall decide if the contestant is able to continue. If the
				  contestant is able to continue, the contestant may be assisted up into the ring
				  by his chief second only. The chief second is not permitted to perform other
				  tasks at this time.
The provisions of this §
												25.3 amended under the Athletic
						Code,
						5
						Pa.C.S. §
													103(b)(1).