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15 U.S.C. § 6306 — Review
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**(a) Procedures** Each boxing commission shall establish each of the following procedures:
(1) Procedures to evaluate the professional records and physician’s certification of each boxer participating in a professional boxing match in the State, and to deny authorization for a boxer to fight where appropriate.
(2) Procedures to ensure that, except as provided in subsection (b), no boxer is permitted to box while under suspension from any boxing commission due to—
(A) a recent knockout or series of consecutive losses;
(B) an injury, requirement for a medical procedure, or physician denial of certification;
(C) failure of a drug test;
(D) the use of false aliases, or falsifying, or attempting to falsify, official identification cards or documents; or
(E) unsportsmanlike conduct or other inappropriate behavior inconsistent with generally accepted methods of competition in a professional boxing match.
(3) Procedures to review a suspension where appealed by a boxer, licensee, manager, matchmaker, promoter, or other boxing service provider, including an opportunity for a boxer to present contradictory evidence.
(4) Procedures to revoke a suspension where a boxer—
(A) was suspended under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2) of this subsection, and has furnished further proof of a sufficiently improved medical or physical condition; or
(B) furnishes proof under subparagraph (C) or (D) of paragraph (2) that a suspension was not, or is no longer, merited by the facts.
**(b) Suspension in another State** A boxing commission may allow a boxer who is under suspension in any State to participate in a professional boxing match—
(1) for any reason other than those listed in subsection (a) if such commission notifies in writing and consults with the desig
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**(a) Procedures** Each boxing commission shall establish each of the following procedures:
(1) Procedures to evaluate the professional records and physician’s certification of each boxer participating in a professional boxing match in the State, and to deny authorization for a boxer to fight where appropriate.
(2) Procedures to ensure that, except as provided in subsection (b), no boxer is permitted to box while under suspension from any boxing commission due to—
(A) a recent knockout or series of consecutive losses;
(B) an injury, requirement for a medical procedure, or physician denial of certification;
(C) failure of a drug test;
(D) the use of false aliases, or falsifying, or attempting to falsify, official identification cards or documents; or
(E) unsportsmanlike conduct or other inappropriate behavior inconsistent with generally accepted methods of competition in a professional boxing match.
(3) Procedures to review a suspension where appealed by a boxer, licensee, manager, matchmaker, promoter, or other boxing service provider, including an opportunity for a boxer to present contradictory evidence.
(4) Procedures to revoke a suspension where a boxer—
(A) was suspended under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2) of this subsection, and has furnished further proof of a sufficiently improved medical or physical condition; or
(B) furnishes proof under subparagraph (C) or (D) of paragraph (2) that a suspension was not, or is no longer, merited by the facts.
**(b) Suspension in another State** A boxing commission may allow a boxer who is under suspension in any State to participate in a professional boxing match—
(1) for any reason other than those listed in subsection (a) if such commission notifies in writing and consults with the designated official of the suspending State’s boxing commission prior to the grant of approval for such individual to participate in that professional boxing match; or
(2) if the boxer appeals to the Association of Boxing Commissions, and the Association of Boxing Commissions determines that the suspension of such boxer was without sufficient grounds, for an improper purpose, or not related to the health and safety of the boxer or the purposes of this chapter.
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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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(1) the boxing commission of the State in
which such boxer resides; or
(2) in the case of a boxer who is a resident of
a foreign country, or a State in which there is
no boxing commission, the boxing commission
of any State that has such a commission.
(b) Identification card
(1) Issuance
A boxing commission shall issue to each pro-
fessional boxer who registers in accordance
with subsection (a), an identification card that
contains each of the following:
(A) A recent photograph of the boxer.
(B) The social security number of the
boxer (or, in the case of a foreign boxer, any
similar citizen identification number or pro-
fessional boxer number from the country of
residence of the boxer).
(C) A personal identification number as-
signed to the boxer by a boxing registry.
(2) Renewal
Each professional boxer shall renew his or
her identification card at least once every 4
years.
(3) Presentation
Each professional boxer shall present his or
her identification card to the appropriate box-
ing commission not later than the time of the
weigh-in for a professional boxing match.
(c) Health and safety disclosures
It is the sense of the Congress that a boxing
commission should, upon issuing an identifica-
tion card to a boxer under subsection (b)(1),
make a health and safety disclosure to that
boxer as that commission considers appropriate.
The health and safety disclosure should include
the health and safety risks associated with box-
ing, and, in particular, the risk and frequency of
brain injury and the advisability that a boxer
periodically undergo medical procedures de-
signed to detect brain injury.
(Pub. L. 104–272, § 6, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3310;
Pub. L. 106–210, § 7(c), (f), May 26, 2000, 114
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