ASSOCIATION OF BOXING COMMISSIONS
Record Keepers Criteria
(Approved August 1, 2002)
A boxing registry
seeking approval from the Association of Boxing Commission must make a written
application verifying that all criteria have been met.
1)
A boxing
registry must maintain office hours between 7:00 AM until 9:00 PM Eastern
Standard Time, Monday through Friday.
2)
A
suspension list of all boxing contestants, managers, seconds and promoters must
be maintained on an Internet website, which shall be updated three times per
week. (The Internet site must
indicate when the last update occurred)
3)
A boxing
registry must have accurate records, backed up by commission generated boxing
reports, which are verifiable back to 1985.
4)
A boxing
registry must provide either faxed photocopies or electronic boxing records to
ABC member boxing commissions when requested to do so within one hour of the
original request.
5)
A boxing
registry must be capable of sending electronic records via the Internet by
January 1, 2004 to member boxing commissions only.
6)
A boxing
registry seeking approval by the ABC must provide a satisfactory credit history
from an independent party to be shared with the President and Board of Directors
of the ABC. An unsatisfactory
credit report will result in the boxing registry application being denied.
7)
A boxing
registry must provide a federal identification number to each boxing contestant
that is unique to that individual boxing contestant.
8)
A boxing
registry must provide free of charge blank federal identification cards to
member boxing commission.
9)
A boxing
registry must submit a written fee schedule for requesting records.
10)
A boxing
registry must maintain a list of boxing contestants who have been issued federal
identification numbers and must be sorted by issuing commission.
As well as an alphabetical list containing all boxers who have been
issued an identification card. This list must be either listed on an Internet
website or must be able to be electronically emailed when requested by a member
commission. The boxing registry
must note the expiration date of each federal ID card issued.
11)
A boxing
registry must list the follow as a minimum on each boxers official record:
a)
name
b)
federal
identification number
c)
date of
birth
d)
aliases/ringnames
e)
weight (
for each fight)
f)
opponent
g)
result
h)
must
indicate left or right handed if information is available
i)
date
federal identification number was issued
j)
date
federal identification number will expire
k)
a running
list of medical and disciplinary suspensions, (which shall include dates
suspensions were lifted)
l)
any
medical tests that were ordered on a boxer listed on the member commission
results sheets
12)
A
complete back up of the entire data bank must be completed once every
twenty-four
hours. Offsite storage must be
provided for the back up files.
Backlogs
must be provided within 48 hours of request from the ABC.
13)
Must publish an annual book of records sent to each Commission at no
charge.
14)
Records must be kept on all boxers, United States, Canadian, European,
Asian,
Mexican, and South American.