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15 U.S.C. § 6303 — Boxing matches in States without boxing commissions
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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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**(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) Regulatory personnel** 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section6303&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Firewall between promoters and managers**
(1) **In general** — 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) **Exceptions** — 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) Sanctioning organizations**
(1) **Prohibition on receipts** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), no officer or employee of a sanctioning organization may
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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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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
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tion to establish uniform and appropriate business
practices and ethical standards. This has led to re-
peated occurrences of disreputable and coercive busi-
ness practices in the boxing industry, to the det-
riment of professional boxers nationwide.
‘‘(2) State officials are the proper regulators of pro-
fessional boxing events, and must protect the welfare
of professional boxers and serve the public interest by
closely supervising boxing activity in their jurisdic-
tion. State boxing commissions do not currently re-
ceive adequate information to determine whether
boxers competing in their jurisdiction are being sub-
jected to contract terms and business practices which
may violate State regulations, or are onerous and
confiscatory.
‘‘(3) Promoters who engage in illegal, coercive, or
unethical business practices can take advantage of
the lack of equitable business standards in the sport
by holding boxing events in States with weaker regu-
latory oversight.
‘‘(4) The sanctioning organizations which have pro-
liferated in the boxing industry have not established
credible and objective criteria to rate professional
boxers, and operate with virtually no industry or
public oversight. Their ratings are susceptible to ma-
nipulation, have deprived boxers of fair opportunities
for advancement, and have undermined public con-
fidence in the integrity of the sport.
‘‘(5) Open competition in the professional boxing in-
dustry has been significantly interfered with by re-
strictive and anticompetitive business practices of
certain promoters and sanctioning bodies, to the det-
riment of the athletes and the ticket-buying public.
Common practices of promoters and sanctioning or-
ganizations represent restraints of inter
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