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15 U.S.C. § 6310 — Notification of supervising boxing commission
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Each promoter who intends to hold a professional boxing match in a State that does not have a boxing commission shall, not later than 14 days before the intended date of that match, provide written notification to the supervising boxing commission designated under [section 6303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section6303&num=0&edition=prelim). Such notification shall contain each of the following:
(1) Assurances that, with respect to that professional boxing match, all applicable requirements of this chapter will be met.
(2) The name of any person who, at the time of the submission of the notification—
(A) is under suspension from a boxing commission; and
(B) will be involved in organizing or participating in the event.
(3) For any individual listed under paragraph (2), the identity of the boxing commission that issued the suspension described in paragraph (2)(A).
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Each promoter who intends to hold a professional boxing match in a State that does not have a boxing commission shall, not later than 14 days before the intended date of that match, provide written notification to the supervising boxing commission designated under [section 6303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section6303&num=0&edition=prelim). Such notification shall contain each of the following:
(1) Assurances that, with respect to that professional boxing match, all applicable requirements of this chapter will be met.
(2) The name of any person who, at the time of the submission of the notification—
(A) is under suspension from a boxing commission; and
(B) will be involved in organizing or participating in the event.
(3) For any individual listed under paragraph (2), the identity of the boxing commission that issued the suspension described in paragraph (2)(A).
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**(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).
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For purposes of this chapter:
(1) **Boxer** — The term “boxer” means an individual who fights in a professional boxing match.
(2) **Boxing commission**
(A) 11 So in original. No subpar. (B) has been enacted. The term “boxing commission” means an entity authorized under State law to regulate professional boxing matches.
(3) **Boxer registry** — The term “boxer registry” means any entity certified by the Association of Boxing Commissions for the purposes of maintaining records and identification of boxers.
(4) **Licensee** — The term “licensee” means an individual who serves as a trainer, second, or cut man for a boxer.
(5) **Manager** — The term “manager” means a person who receives compensation for service as an agent or representative of a boxer.
(6) **Matchmaker** — The term “matchmaker” means a person that proposes, selects, and arranges the boxers to participate in a professional boxing match.
(7) **Physician** — The term “physician” means a doctor of medicine legally authorized to practice medicine by the State in which the physician performs such function or action.
(8) **Professional boxing match** — The term “professional boxing match” means a boxing contest held in the United States between individuals for financial compensation. Such term does not include a boxing contest that is regulated by an amateur sports organization.
(9) **Promoter** — The term “promoter” means the person primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing a professional boxing match. The term “promoter” does not include a hotel, casino, resort, or other commercial establishment hosting or sponsoring a professional boxing match unless—
(A) the hotel, casino, resort, or other commercial establishment is primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and produc
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**(a) Objective criteria** Within 2 years after May 26, 2000, the Association of Boxing Commissions shall develop and shall approve by a vote of no less than a majority of its member State boxing commissioners, guidelines for objective and consistent written criteria for the ratings of professional boxers. It is the sense of the Congress that sanctioning bodies and State boxing commissions should follow these ABC guidelines.
**(b) Appeals process** A sanctioning organization shall not be entitled to receive any compensation, directly or indirectly, in connection with a boxing match, until it provides the boxers with notice that the sanctioning organization shall, within 7 days after receiving a request from a boxer questioning that organization’s rating of the boxer—
(1) provide to the boxer a written explanation of the organization’s criteria, its rating of the boxer, and the rationale or basis for its rating (including a response to any specific questions submitted by the boxer); and
(2) submit a copy of its explanation to the Association of Boxing Commissions.
**(c) Notification of change in rating** A sanctioning organization shall not be entitled to receive any compensation, directly or indirectly, in connection with a boxing match, until, with respect to a change in the rating of a boxer previously rated by such organization in the top 10 boxers, the organization—
(1) posts a copy, within 7 days of such change, on its Internet website or home page, if any, including an explanation of such change, for a period of not less than 30 days; and
(2) provides a copy of the rating change and explanation to an association to which at least a majority of the State boxing commissions belong.
**(d) Public disclosure**
(1) **Federal Trade Commission filing** — A sanctio
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 6309
1 So in original. Section 6307a does not contain a subsec. (b).
§ 6309. Enforcement
(a) Injunctions
Whenever the Attorney General of the United
States has reasonable cause to believe that a
person is engaged in a violation of this chapter,
the Attorney General may bring a civil action in
the appropriate district court of the United
States requesting such relief, including a perma-
nent or temporary injunction, restraining order,
or other order, against the person, as the Attor-
ney General determines to be necessary to re-
strain the person from continuing to engage in,
sanction, promote, or otherwise participate in a
professional boxing match in violation of this
chapter.
(b) Criminal penalties
(1) Managers, promoters, matchmakers, and li-
censees
Any manager, promoter, matchmaker, and
licensee who knowingly violates, or coerces or
causes any other person to violate, any provi-
sion of this chapter, other than section
6307a(b),1 6307b, 6307c, 6307d, 6307e, 6307f, or
6307h of this title, shall, upon conviction, be
imprisoned for not more than 1 year or fined
not more than $20,000, or both.
(2) Violation of antiexploitation, sanctioning
organization, or disclosure provisions
Any person who knowingly violates any pro-
vision of section 6307a(b),1 6307b, 6307c, 6307d,
6307e, 6307f, or 6307h of this title shall, upon
conviction, be imprisoned for not more than 1
year or fined not more than—
(A) $100,000; and
(B) if a violation occurs in connection with
a professional boxing match the gross reve-
nues for which exceed $2,000,000, an addi-
tional amount which bears the same ratio to
$100,000 as the amount of such revenues com-
pared to $2,000,000, or both.
(3) Conflict of interest
Any member or emplo
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