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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18728
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18728
The commission shall establish by rule the weight spreads and classes of contestants.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18730
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18730
A referee shall be in attendance and direct and control at every boxing contest. Referees shall enforce the rules of the commission at every boxing contest.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18731
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18731
(a) In addition to the other requirements of this chapter and regulations adopted thereunder, no referee or physician and surgeon shall be assigned to a boxing contest if he or she has not completed a clinic offered by a provider approved by the commission. (b) A referee or physi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18732
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18732
Before starting a contest, the referee shall ascertain from each contestant, the name of his or her chief second, and shall hold such chief second responsible for the conduct of assistants during the contest.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18733
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18733
The referee shall stop a contest when a contestant shows a marked superiority, or is apparently outclassed.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18734
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18734
(a) The commission shall designate the scoring officials for each contest. (b) The referee may render a decision at the end of a boxing contest if authorized by a representative of the commission. (c) The commission may require that judges be used in conjunction with the referee
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18735
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18735
Referees and other boxing officials appointed by the commission while performing duties required under this chapter by the commission shall be entitled to the same rights and immunities granted to public employees by the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 820), Chap
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18738
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18738
(a) A boxer who intentionally hits a contestant with a rabbit punch or with a punch on that part of the body over the kidneys shall be penalized by the loss of a point for each such punch. (b) Determination that a boxer has violated this section shall be made at the end of the ro
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18748
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18748
Recognizing the need for uniformity in championship contests, the commission may exempt championship contests from any provision of this chapter and authorize alternate provisions as long as the safety and welfare of the boxers and the public are not jeopardized.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18750
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18750
No person shall appear as a contestant in any amateur boxing contest who has received any compensation or reward, except for actual expenses or trophies, in any form, for displaying, exercising, or giving any example of his or her skill in knowledge of boxing exercises, or for re
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18751
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18751
Except as provided in Section 18752, only an award may be given to each contestant in any amateur boxing contest which does not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars ($500). No portion of an admission fee or fees charged or received for any boxing contest shall be paid or given,
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18752
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18752
Unless the written permission of the commission is first obtained, it is a misdemeanor for any promoter to pay or cause to be paid to any coach, trainer, or manager of any amateur boxer participating in a contest, any sum of money other than the actual traveling and per diem expe
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18755
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18755
No contestant in an amateur boxing contest shall use any bandage on his or her hand or arm except soft surgical bandages not over two inches wide and ten yards in length for each hand, and one winding of surgeon’s adhesive tape not over 1 1 2 inches wide placed directly on the ha
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18756
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18756
No amateur boxing contest shall be more than four rounds of not more than two minutes each, or three rounds of three minutes each, in length. There shall be one minute rest between rounds.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18757
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18757
At every amateur boxing contest, any representative of the commission shall stop the contest whenever it appears that the contestants are unevenly matched, either of them has been seriously injured, or that there is danger that either of them will be seriously injured if the cont
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18758
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18758
No amateur boxing contest shall be held in conjunction with vaudeville shows, dances, or entertainments of any sort.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18760
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18760
Except as otherwise provided by this article, “boxing” as used in this chapter includes “kickboxing” and “martial arts.” Sections 18720, 18721, 18723, 18725, 18728, 18755, and 18756, and Article 15 (commencing with Section 18870) shall not apply to kickboxing and martial arts.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18761
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18761
Rules and regulations of the commission relating to professional boxing shall apply to kickboxing and martial arts, except where specifically excluded by the commission’s regulations.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18763
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18763
The commission shall by rule and regulation, regulate kickboxing and martial arts in accordance with Section 18640.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18765
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18765
The commission shall, by rule and regulation, prescribe the length and duration of professional and amateur kickboxing and martial arts contests, the weight classifications, the manner in which the contestants engage in such contests, and such further safeguards and conditions as
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18766
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18766
Every contestant in an amateur kickboxing or martial arts contest under the age of 18 years shall wear protective headgear approved by the commission.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18767
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18767
This chapter shall not apply to light and noncontact kickboxing and martial arts, and kickboxing and martial arts instruction and schools.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18768
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18768
The commission shall not function as a sanctioning body, nor shall it grant titles to fighters or to individual events. This function shall be retained by such professional and amateur full-contact kickboxing and martial arts associations operating on a local, statewide, regional
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18769
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18769
(a) The commission may appoint an advisory committee to advise the commission on the provisions of this article. (b) The advisory committee shall be composed of individuals, residing in California, who have prior to their appointment, been promoters, fighters, trainers, managers,
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18770
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 18770
(a) (1) The commission shall establish an advisory pankration subcommittee to investigate the rules and conduct of contests involving or claiming to involve pankration by persons under 18 years of age, or any style deemed by the subcommittee to be sufficiently similar thereto. (2