Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Jack
Passed House
Summary
This bill would create a new private framework called a unified boxing organization (UBO) and sharply strengthen boxer safety, medical, anti-doping, and pay protections. It also consolidates championship titles and centralizes rules for matches under that UBO framework.
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- Boxers: Requires expanded medical exams with annual checks for fighters 40 and older, a medical coordinator to assist with care and licensing, and contract rules that guarantee a minimum of $200 per round and at least one covered match every six months.
- Match operations and medical care: Mandates an extra ringside physician and an additional ambulance at covered matches, a ringside-physician certification program starting two years after enactment, and a separate medical-insurance policy that covers training injuries.
- Governance and enforcement: UBOs must file public organizational information, carry the costs of compliance, ban certain betting and conflicts of interest, and face criminal penalties up to 1 year in prison and fines up to $20,000 for willful violations.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 5 mixed.
Minimum pay and fight cadence for boxers
If enacted, every contract would have to pay at least $200 per round. If a boxer does not fight at least once every six months, the boxer would be paid not less than 10 times the per‑round minimum (that is at least $2,000 if the minimum is $200), unless specific exceptions apply. In the last 30 days of a contract, the boxer could talk with other promoters or UBOs. Contracts could not last more than six years. These rules would apply to contracts and matches on or after 30 days after enactment.
Stronger safety and coverage for boxers
If enacted, UBOs would need one extra ringside doctor and one extra on-site ambulance at each covered match. Starting two years after enactment, those doctors would need a ringside-physician certification. Boxers knocked out would need brain-health exams before their next match, and boxers age 40+ would need yearly extra physicals, including a chest X-ray at least every six years. UBOs would have to provide access to training and rehab facilities, assign a medical coordinator, and buy insurance that covers training injuries. Each boxer’s health policy would need at least $50,000 for match injuries and $15,000 in accidental-death coverage; the UBO would pay the premiums, and the boxer would pay any deductible. These rules would apply to matches on or after 30 days after enactment.
Year-round drug testing and betting bans
If enacted, each UBO would run an anti‑doping program. Title fights would be tested, and other fights would face random testing, with at least half the fighters tested between weigh‑in and the bout. No‑notice tests could occur any time during a boxer’s contract, by an independent tester, with results reported to regulators. UBOs would publish each year the substances tested and penalties, and contracts would require testing. UBOs would also ban boxers and covered people (household adults, coaches, managers, trainers, medical staff, UBO officers, and agents) from betting on the match or sharing non‑public info to help bets, and would set up monitoring and enforcement. These rules would apply starting 30 days after enactment.
Certified officials and limits on venues
If enacted, a professional match could not proceed unless all referees and judges are certified by the state boxing commission or the Association of Boxing Commissions. Covered matches could not be held in a state without a boxing commission or on a tribal reservation without a qualifying regulator. These limits would apply to matches on or after 30 days after enactment.
New rules to run unified boxing groups
If enacted, a unified boxing group that meets the bill’s standards would be treated as compliant for its boxers and matches, starting for matches held 30 days after enactment. To claim this status, a group would file its state of incorporation, business address, and website with the FTC and the Association of Boxing Commissions (or keep a compliant public website), and update material changes; the FTC would publish the data and could charge a fee. Officers or employees who willfully cause violations could face up to one year in jail, a fine up to $20,000, or both.
One champion per weight class
If enacted, sanctioning groups and unified boxing groups would award only one championship per weight class. Interim titles would be allowed only if the champion is injured, ill, refuses or cannot defend, or cannot travel for reasons beyond their control. This would apply to matches on or after 30 days after enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Jack
GA • R
Cosponsors
Davids (KS)
KS • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
McDowell
NC • R
Sponsored 7/25/2025
Smith (NJ)
NJ • R
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Schmidt
KS • R
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Van Drew
NJ • R
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Horsford
NV • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Stevens
MI • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Figures
AL • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
McIver
NJ • D
Sponsored 11/4/2025
Amodei (NV)
NV • R
Sponsored 11/17/2025
McGarvey
KY • D
Sponsored 12/3/2025
Jackson (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 12/3/2025
Titus
NV • D
Sponsored 1/21/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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