Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part I - State Athletic Commission › Subpart B - Boxing › Chapter 21 - PROFESSIONAL BOXING › Section 21.4 - Conduct of contests

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) At each
				  professional contest or exhibition, except an exhibition held solely for
				  training purposes, there shall be two referees, one physician, three judges, an
				  announcer and a timekeeper in attendance, all of whom will be licensed by the
				  Commission. The Executive Director will assign all officials except the
				  announcer. The Executive Director may also appoint a knockdown timekeeper. A
				  promoter or an employee of a promoter or an officer, director or stockholder of
				  a corporation holding the license of a promoter may not be appointed or
				  permitted to officiate in any capacity at a professional contest under the
				  jurisdiction of the Commission.
(b)
				  The Executive Director will determine the time and place of the weigh-in for
				  each professional event under the Commission's jurisdiction, and boxers under
				  contract to participate in the event shall appear promptly at the appointed
				  place to be officially weighed by a representative of the Commission on
				  Commission approved scales and examined by the attending physician.
(1) A boxer being weighed shall remove all
				  clothing at the discretion of a commissioner or the Executive
				  Director.
(2) A boxer shall
				  weigh-in no more than 24 hours prior to the contracted time of the contests.
				  Under extenuating circumstances and with the permission of the Executive
				  Director, the boxer may be allowed to weigh-in no more than 30 hours prior to
				  the contracted time of the contest. If a boxer is deemed overweight by the
				  Executive Director, another weigh-in shall be scheduled for no more than 3
				  hours from the time that he first stepped onto the scale to determine that the
				  boxer weighs no more than the weight for which he has contracted. Boxers may
				  lose no more than 3 pounds in this 3-hour period. If after 3 hours the boxer
				  cannot achieve the weight, the boxer shall be disqualified and may be subject
				  to disciplinary action as the Commission may determine.
(3) The Commission will require a boxer under
				  contract for a contest under its jurisdiction to appear before a commissioner
				  or the Executive Director for a preliminary physical examination within 2 hours
				  prior to the contest, as required by section 709(a) of the Athletic Code
				  (relating to medical examination). The weight of the boxer shall be one of
				  several factors included in this physical examination by the attending
				  physician to determine whether the boxer is physically or mentally fit to
				  proceed. Physically unfit shall include, but not be limited to, a determination
				  by the attending physician that a boxer has gained or lost so much weight since
				  the time of the weigh-in that the boxer could harm himself or the opponent.
				  Except as provided by section 711 of the Athletic Code (relating to limitation
				  on difference in weights), the weight of one boxer may not exceed the weight of
				  that boxer's opponent by 10 pounds.
(4) If an event is postponed for more than 24
				  hours, a commissioner or the Executive Director may require an additional
				  weigh-in and physical examination of the participating boxers on the day to
				  which the event is postponed.
(5)
				  Each boxer in a contest under the jurisdiction of the Commission shall submit
				  to the Executive Director the names of the boxer's seconds for approval, and no
				  person other than the boxer's approved seconds may be permitted to assist in
				  the boxer's corner during the contest.
(6) A boxer under contract to participate in
				  an event under jurisdiction of the Commission shall report in the dressing room
				  at a time set by the Executive Director and shall remain in that area until
				  ordered to the ring by an authorized representative of the
				  Commission.