N.J.A.C. 13:46 — RULES GOVERNING BOXING, EXTREME WRESTLING AND SPARRING EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES (Subchapter 1 to 24B)

In addition to the definitions set forth at N.J.S.A. 5:2A-1, the following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Board" means the State Athletic Control Board. "Broadcast" means telecast, tel…

Announcers for combative sports in New Jersey may be designated by the promoters with the approval of the Commissioner and must be licensed by the Board. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-10.1 Amended by R.1995, d.398, effective 7/17/1995. See: 27 New Jersey Register 1138(a), 27 New…

Announcers are forbidden to make any announcement whatsoever except as authorized to do so by the promoter with the consent of the Commission representative at the ringside. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-10.2

After contestants and their chief seconds are in the ring, the boxing announcer shall announce the names of the contestants, their correct weights and other matters as may be directed by the Commissioner's representative. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-10.3

Boxing announcers shall announce the referee's decisions at the end of contests and in the event of knockouts, the time of same and the round of occurrence. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-10.4

(a) Announcers must not in any way by word or action attempt to show any partisanship inside or outside the ring. (b) They must remain seated in place and be silent except when making official announcements. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-10.5

Boxing announcers must not at any time introduce from any ring any boxer or other person who is under suspension. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-10.6

At the conclusion of a boxing bout, the announcer shall obtain the decision from the Commissioner or his representative and shall announce the decision from the ring. The manner of the announcement shall be directed by the Commissioner. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-10.7 Amended…

Timekeepers for combative sports in New Jersey shall be appointed and licensed by the Commissioner. Timekeepers are at-will employees of the Board and, notwithstanding the procedure enumerated at N.J.A.C. 13:46-4.14, may have their licenses revoked or their renewal applications d…

(a) The compensation to timekeepers shall be paid by the promoter conducting the event and shall be $ 300.00. The Commissioner may increase the above compensation fee based upon consideration of the following factors: whether the regulated event includes a championship contest, n…

A timekeeper shall have an accurate stop-watch that shall have been properly examined and certified by a competent watchmaker. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-11.2

(a) A timekeeper shall limit each round of boxing to three minutes, provided, however, that in any boxing contest between female competitors, each round shall be limited to two minutes. (b) Each rest period between rounds shall last 60 seconds. This period may be extended by the …

Ten seconds before the beginning of each round the timekeeper shall give to the seconds of the contestants by sounding a signal. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-11.4

In the event a boxing contest terminates before the scheduled limit of rounds, the timekeeper shall inform the announcer of the exact duration of the contest. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-11.5

A timekeeper shall be equipped with a metal hammer or mallet and shall be seated close to the bell at ringside. Adequate space must be provided to allow the timekeeper complete freedom of motion. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-11.6

Except for the official five-second signal, a timekeeper at a boxing match must not give any signal or information on the duration of any round in progress in any contest. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-11.7 Amended by R.1998 d.328, effective 7/6/1998. See: 29 New Jersey Register…

If a boxing bout shall terminate between rounds by decision of the referee and the bell has not sounded for the next round, the boxer will be considered knocked out in the round just concluded; if the bell has sounded the fighter will be considered knocked out in the next round. …

(a) A timekeeper at extreme wrestling exhibitions shall take a cue to commence time from the nod of the referee and shall sound the gong simultaneously with the referee's call of "time." (b) At the termination of each five-minute period of any extreme wrestling exhibition, the ti…

(a) Every person who shall hold any regulated event shall pay to the Commissioner, in addition to the gross receipts tax imposed pursuant to N.J.S.A. 5:2A-20.c(1), a tax on the gross receipts derived from the lease or sale of broadcast rights in connection with any such exhibitio…

Special forms to accompany the payment of the broadcast tax shall be provided by the Commission to promoters whose regulated events are broadcast. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-13.2 Amended by 56 N.J.R. 2244(a), effective 11/18/2024

(a) The Commissioner must be furnished with true copies, properly notarized, of any and all agreements between promoters and broadcast sponsors or between promoters and broadcaster authorities at least one week in advance of the broadcast of a regulated event. (b) Broadcast autho…

The broadcast tax required pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:46-13.1 must be paid in a manner approved by the Board on the same night of a regulated event. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-13.4 Amended by 56 N.J.R. 2244(a), effective 11/18/2024

Promoters shall submit announcements for broadcast purposes to the representative of the Commissioner prior to the commencement of the regulated event. Promoters shall not publicize events prior to such time that the event has been approved by the Commissioner. Notes N.J. Admin. …

Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-13.6 Reserved by 56 N.J.R. 2244(a), effective 11/18/2024

Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-13.7 Reserved by 56 N.J.R. 2244(a), effective 11/18/2024

Licensed boxing promoters must carry accident insurance covering all professional boxers competing in their clubs. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-14.1

(a) Each licensed promoter shall be required to submit a full premium payment for boxer's insurance coverage at the same time that club contracts are filed, five days prior to a show, with the State Athletic Commission. (b) Payment by check for the premium is to be made out in th…

(a) Insurance will cover professional boxers for medical, surgical and hospital care of at least $ 20,000. (b) In the event of accidental death, no less than $ 50,000 will be paid to the estate of the deceased. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-14.3 Amended by R.2001 d.438, effectiv…

The cost of insurance is to be divided equally between the promoter and the boxers appearing in a final bout and semi-final bout or bouts of equal importance and of comparable compensation. This schedule is subject to change at the discretion of the Commissioner. Notes N.J. Admin…

No professional boxing show shall be approved in New Jersey unless the accident insurance plan is met with the fullest compliance. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-14.5

Any promoter or person who holds a boxing, extreme wrestling or sparring exhibition or performance must only use tickets obtained from a printer licensed and approved by the Commissioner. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.1 Amended by R.2001 d.293, effective 8/20/2001. See: 33 Ne…

All tickets for a boxing show or wrestling exhibition must be accounted for on the day or night of the show or exhibition and are liable to tax if not accounted for. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.10

Newspaper reporters, photographers, telegraphers and radio and television announcers assigned to work by their recognized employers or superiors, policemen and firemen in uniform and on duty, and persons of similar vocation who are admitted free for the performance of special dut…

(a) Tickets or passes shall be provided by the promoter for principals and seconds who are engaged in a boxing show. (b) Any promoter admitting any person other than those specifically exempted without a ticket is subject to a penalty deemed proper by the Commissioner under the c…

(a) In all cases where it is reported by an inspector that a promoter has made an incorrect statement of its gate receipts, or has used tickets not appearing on the statement required by the rules of the Board, or by any mistake or subterfuge as to reduce the amount of tax due un…

Under no circumstances shall a ticket holder be passed through the gate without having the ticket separated from the stub, or be allowed to occupy a seat unless in possession of the ticket stub. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.14

All tickets issued to the working press shall be so marked and there may be no more issued than there are reservations in the established working press section. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.15

All employee tickets shall be marked "employees" and may be used by none except actual employees. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.16

No tickets of admission to any boxing or wrestling show shall be sold except the tickets declared on an official ticket manifest, supplied to the State Athletic Commission by the official licensed ticket printer. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.17 As amended, R.1982 d.398, effe…

Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.18 As amended, R.1982 d.398, effective 11/1/1982. See: 14 New Jersey Register 971(b), 14 New Jersey Register 1220(b). Deleted "offered for sale". Repealed by R.1985 d.284, effective 6/3/1985. See: 16 New Jersey Register 2962(a), 17 New Jersey Reg…

(a) All licenses hereunder shall be for a period of one year unless sooner revoked for cause. (b) At the time of the application for such license, the applicant shall execute and file with the Commissioner a bond to the State of New Jersey in the sum of $ 10,000 in proper form an…

Tickets shall be printed and made in such form as the Commissioner may prescribe. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.3

(a) Authorized printers shall send by mail to the Commission office, not less than seven days before a boxing show or wrestling exhibition for which the tickets have been printed, a sworn inventory of all tickets delivered to any club. (b) The inventory shall account for any over…

(a) Tickets of different prices must be printed on cardboard of different colors. (b) A promoter may issue complimentary tickets without charge to those receiving them. The promoter shall pay to the Commissioner the tax required by N.J.S.A. 5:2A-20(c)(1) on all complimentary tick…

Every ticket offered for sale shall have printed on its face the total price charged therefore and the maximum premium, not to exceed 20 percent of the ticket price or $ 3.00 whichever is greater, plus taxes at which a ticket may be resold shall be printed either in a dollar amou…

If a boxing, wrestling or sparring exhibition or performance is postponed for good reason, the Commissioner may give the promoter or permit holder permission to use the same set of tickets upon the new date set for said show. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.7

(a) Tickets of every description used for any boxing match or wrestling exhibition must be held by the promoters for six months. (b) Such tickets may be destroyed after they have been held for at least 30 days after a written application has been filed with the Commission and wri…

No exchange of tickets shall be made except at the box office, and no ticket shall be redeemed after the show has taken place. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.9

(a) Doormen for boxing and wrestling exhibitions shall be appointed, licensed and assigned by the Commissioner. (b) Box office employees employed at boxing or wrestling shows shall be appointed by the promoter and licensed and assigned by the State Athletic Commissioner. Notes N.…

The employment duties of doormen and box office employees are not interchangeable. Those employed as doormen shall not be licensed as box office employees. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-16.2 Amended by R.1985 d.284, effective 6/3/1985. See: 16 New Jersey Register 2962(a), 17 New…