Title 5 — Amusements and Sports

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Boxing": (a) Means the act of attack and defense with the fists, using padded gloves, that is practiced as a sport. (b) Includes kickboxing, if applicable. 2. "Combatant" means any person who practices the sport of unarm…

A. This chapter does not apply to any amateur boxing or mixed martial arts contest conducted by the following: 1. Any school, community college, college or university or an association or organization composed exclusively of schools, community colleges, colleges or universities i…

A. The Arizona state boxing and mixed martial arts commission consists of three members appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38-211. The term of office of commissioners is three years. The term of one member shall expire on the third Monday in January each year. B. Two m…

A. A division of boxing and mixed martial arts regulation is established in the department to provide staff support for the Arizona state boxing and mixed martial arts commission. Subject to title 41, chapter 4, article 4, the director of the department shall appoint an executive…

A. All boxing contests are subject to this chapter and to rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. The commission, for every contest that is subject to regulation by the commission, shall: 1. Direct a person authorized by the commission or by the executive director to be present. …

A. Any person who promotes a boxing contest in this state pursuant to this article shall comply with rules adopted pursuant to this article and shall within ten days after the contest pay to the department four percent of the gross receipts, after the deduction of city, state and…

A. The commission shall: 1. Except for the financial and accounting functions delegated to the director pursuant to section 5-226, have sole direction, management, control and jurisdiction over all boxing and mixed martial arts contests held within this state unless exempt from t…

A. All referees, judges, matchmakers, promoters, trainers, ring announcers, timekeepers, ringside physicians, inspectors, mixed martial arts combatants, boxers, managers and seconds are required to be licensed by the commission. The commission shall not allow any of these persons…

A. The commission may in its discretion withhold the granting of a license to a promoter until the applicant furnishes proof of his financial responsibility to promote contests in accordance with section 5-226, subsection B and the rules adopted by the director. The commission ma…

A. The commission may establish and issue annual licenses and may establish and collect fees for those licenses. The commission shall deposit the license fees in the unarmed combat subaccount in the racing regulation fund established by section 5-226. B. A license expires at midn…

A person shall not have, either directly or indirectly, any financial ownership interest in a combatant competing on premises owned or leased by the person, or in which the person is otherwise interested.

A person who is under eighteen years of age shall not participate in any boxing or mixed martial arts contest.

A. All boxers, mixed martial arts combatants and referees shall be examined by a physician licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13 or 17 before entering the ring, and the examining physician shall immediately file with the commission a written report of the examination. The phy…

If a contest is held within the corporate limits of a city or town, the promoter shall request that the chief of police assign not less than one officer to attend the contest, and if a contest is held outside the corporate limits of a city or town, the promoter shall request that…

A. The commission may take any one or a combination of the following disciplinary actions: 1. Revoke a license. 2. Suspend a license. 3. Impose a civil penalty in an amount of not more than $1,000 per violation of this chapter. B. The commission may take disciplinary action or re…

A. A person is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor and may be subject to license revocation, denial or suspension if the person conducts, holds, sponsors, sanctions or gives boxing or other contests that are subject to regulation by the commission without first procuring an appropria…

The commission shall select and assign referees. The matchmaker may protest the assignment of a referee and request a referee reassignment. In such an event the commission shall make a reasonable effort to grant the request for referee reassignment.

A. The commission may withhold all or part of a purse or other monies payable to any combatant, manager or second if in the judgment of the commission a combatant is participating in a sham or fake contest or is otherwise not competing honestly or to the best of the combatant's a…

[Repealed or reserved.]

Notwithstanding section 5-228, a person is entitled to receive a license under this chapter if he complies with the requirements of each of the following: 1. Submits to the commission under oath an application for a license on a form supplied by the commission. 2. Is licensed in …