§6303 — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

Professional boxing matches may not be held in a State that does not have a boxing commission unless a commission from another State supervises the match and follows the Association of Boxing Commissions' latest recommended guidelines plus any extra rules of that supervising State. If no State commission is available, an association that includes a majority of the States must supervise and handle any reporting or similar duties.

Title 15, §6303

Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)No person may arrange, promote, organize, produce, or fight in a professional boxing match held in a State that does not have a boxing commission unless the match is supervised by a boxing commission from another State and subject to the most recent version of the recommended regulatory guidelines certified and published by the Association of Boxing Commissions as well as any additional relevant professional boxing regulations and requirements of such other State.

(b)For the purpose of this chapter, if no State commission is available to supervise a boxing match according to subsection (a), then—

(1)the match may not be held unless it is supervised by an association of boxing commissions to which at least a majority of the States belong; and

(2)any reporting or other requirement relating to a supervising commission allowed under this section shall be deemed to refer to the entity described in paragraph (1).

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2000—Pub. L. 106–210 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 1997, see section 23 of Pub. L. 104–272, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.

§6303 Boxing Matches in States Without Boxing Commissions