§6308 — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

People who work for state boxing commissions, enforce state boxing laws, or are members of the Association of Boxing Commissions must not work for, make deals with, or get paid by anyone who promotes fights or otherwise financially benefits from an active boxer who is registered. Money held in escrow to pay someone else for a match is not counted as that payment. This ban does not stop a commission from taking a contract or reasonable pay to supervise a match in another State under section 6303. A promoter must not have a financial interest in a boxer’s management. A manager must not have a financial interest in a boxer’s promotion or be paid by a promoter, except for amounts the manager gets under the manager’s contract with the boxer. These rules do not stop a boxer from being his own promoter or manager, and they only apply to fights of 10 rounds or more. Officers or employees of a sanctioning organization must not accept pay, gifts, or benefits from promoters, boxers, or managers, except for the organization’s published sanction fee or reasonable expenses if reported to the boxing commission, or for very small (de minimis) gifts.

Title 15, §6308

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(a)No member or employee of a boxing commission, no person who administers or enforces State boxing laws, and no member of the Association of Boxing Commissions may belong to, contract with, or receive any compensation from, any person who sanctions, arranges, or promotes professional boxing matches or who otherwise has a financial interest in an active boxer currently registered with a boxer registry. For purposes of this section, the term “compensation” does not include funds held in escrow for payment to another person in connection with a professional boxing match. The prohibition set forth in this section shall not apply to any contract entered into, or any reasonable compensation received, by a boxing commission to supervise a professional boxing match in another State as described in section 6303 of this title.

(b)(1)It is unlawful for—

(A)a promoter to have a direct or indirect financial interest in the management of a boxer; or

(B)a manager—

(i)to have a direct or indirect financial interest in the promotion of a boxer; or

(ii)to be employed by or receive compensation or other benefits from a promoter, except for amounts received as consideration under the manager’s contract with the boxer.

(2)Paragraph (1)—

(A)does not prohibit a boxer from acting as his own promoter or manager; and

(B)only applies to boxers participating in a boxing match of 10 rounds or more.

(c)(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), no officer or employee of a sanctioning organization may receive any compensation, gift, or benefit, directly or indirectly, from a promoter, boxer, or manager.

(2)Paragraph (1) does not apply to—

(A)the receipt of payment by a promoter, boxer, or manager of a sanctioning organization’s published fee for sanctioning a professional boxing match or reasonable expenses in connection therewith if the payment is reported to the responsible boxing commission; or

(B)the receipt of a gift or benefit of de minimis value.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2000—Pub. L. 106–210, § 5, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted subsec. heading, and added subsecs. (b) and (c).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective

July 1, 1997, and not applicable to an otherwise authorized boxing commission in the Commonwealth of Virginia until

July 1, 1998, see section 23(1), (2) of Pub. L. 104–272, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.

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