July 2007
LICENSING
1
In order to obtain an initial boxing license, or the renewal of a boxing
license, each Federation member will require those boxers resident in its
jurisdiction to submit to a thorough examination annually by its Medical
Advisor(s). The examination shall be conducted in accordance with APPENDIX A,
attached, and in accordance with the prescribed form APPENDIX A-1. The Medical
Advisor(s) may require any boxer boxing in its jurisdiction (whether resident in
the jurisdiction or otherwise) to undergo such tests and any other tests which
might be indicated by the past or present condition of the boxer.
2.
All contestants in a Championship contest shall be given a physical
examination not less than five (5) days prior to the date of the contest.
Such examination shall be conducted by a physician approved by the
commission and shall include all the tests and surveys deemed necessary by the
examining physician as warranted by the past or present condition of the
contestant and shall be in the prescribed form APPENDIX "A-2".
3. Contestants in all contests shall submit to the type of
examination as outlined in Section 2, not more than thirty (30) hours, and not
less than eight (8) hours before the scheduled contest, and again prior to
leaving the dressing room before the contest.
4.
(a) At the discretion of the
Ringside Physician, all contestants shall submit to a post-contest examination
before leaving the dressing room. Such
examination shall include any tests or surveys as deemed warranted by the
present condition of the contestant and shall be in the prescribed form APPENDIX
"A-3".
(b)
In the event of any serious injury, the Ringside Physician shall
immediately render emergency treatment, recommend further treatment or
hospitalization and fully report the matter in accordance with Section 3.
Said physician may also require that the injured contestant and his
manager remain in the ring or on the premises after the contest for such period
of time as the physician deems advisable.
(c) Any contestant who has
sustained serious injury or knockout while in training for a contest or from
some other means, shall immediately inform the commission himself or through his
manager. The contestant shall undergo such medical examination(s) as
shall be required by the commission in accordance with APPENDIX "A"
attached.
5.
(a)
Knockout and Technical Knockout - Head Blows:
(i) Contestants who suffer a knockout
(KO) or a technical knockout from blows to the head (TKO-H) shall be suspended
for not less than sixty (60) days.
(ii)
Contestants who suffer two (2) consecutive or a combination of two (2)
knockouts or technical knockouts from blows to the head (TKO-H) within a six (6)
month period shall be suspended for not less than one hundred eighty (180) days.
(iii) Contestants who suffer three (3) consecutive
or a combination of three (3) knockouts (KO) or technical knockouts from blows
to the head (TKO-H) within a one (1) year period shall be suspended for not less
than (1) one year.
(b) Technical
Knockouts Cuts:
Contestants who suffer a technical knockout as the result
of cuts (TKO-C) shall be suspended for not less than thirty (30) days.
(c) Technical
Knockouts - Bodv Blows:
Contestants who suffer a technical knockout as the result
of blows to the body (TKO-B) shall be suspended for such duration as prescribed
by the Ringside Physican.
(d)
Required Medicals:
Contestants who are suspended shall immediately surrender their licenses
to the commission and shall not be re-instated until successfully passing a
medical examination as follows:
(i) for knockout
and technical knockout from blows to the head, a complete medical examination
(APPENDIX "A") in the form prescribed (APPENDIX
"A-I"); or
(iii)
for technical knockouts from cuts or blows to the body, a medical
examination as prescribed by the Ringside Physician.
(e) Allowed Training:
In all cases the contestant shall refrain from contact
training until at least one-half (1/2)
of the suspension period has expired and shall not partake in said contact
training until the necessary medical examination has been passed.
Failure to comply with this provision shall invoke automatic permanent
suspension for the contestant AND his manager.
(f) General Suspensions:
Any contestant may be suspended by the commission Medical
Advisor or Ringside Physician if he deems said suspension necessary for the
protection of the contestant's health and life. The suspended contestant may be re-instated after
successfully passing a complete medical examination in accordance with Section
1. In the case of repeated knockouts or severe beatings the contestant shall be
ordered retired for his own protection.
EIGHT COUNT
6.
In all boxing contests, including Championship contests, when a
contestant is clearly knocked down, he shall take a mandatory count of eight
(8), whether or not he has regained his feet before the count of eight (8) is
reached.
THREE (3) KNOCKDOWNS
7.
In all boxing contests, including Championships, when a contestant is
clearly knocked down a total of three (3) times in any one (1) round, the
contest shall be terminated and the opponent awarded the decision by technical
knockout.
All knockdowns shall be
for the mandatory count of eight (8).
OFFICIALS' MEDICAL
8.
Semi-annual and annual medical examinations shall be conducted upon all
licensed judges and referees by the commission physician in accordance with
APPENDIX "A".
INJURY REPORTING
9.
(a) In the event a contestant
has been treated for any injury or illness by his personal physician or been
hospitalized, he or his manager shall promptly submit to the commission a full
report from the physician or hospital.
(b)
Any illness or injury to a contestant before a scheduled contest shall be
reported to the commission within twenty-four (24) hours by the contestant or
his manager. The contestant shall
be examined by a physician approved by the commission and a full report filed
with the commission.
EMERGENCY TREATMENT
10.
When a contestant has been knocked out, none of his handlers is to touch
him except to remove his mouth protector until the Ringside Physician enters the
ring and personally attends the fallen contestant and issues such instructions
to the contestant's handlers as he so determines.
11.
Each contestant shall equip himself and use throughout a contest a custom
made, individually fabricated mouth protector. The CBF endorses and recommends
the use of the WIPSS Jaw Joint Protector to provide increased protection to the
jaw joint and base of the skull and reduce the incidence of injury.
NECESSARY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
12.
A portable resuscitator with oxygen equipment and a stretcher shall be
placed under or near the ring for all boxing contests. An ambulance shall be
stationed outside the nearest door to the ring and the promoter shall be
responsible for securing the shortest route possible between the ring and the
ambulance door.
PAST RECORD CERTIFICATION
13. In each application for a contest, a Fight Fax, or any other certifiable record acceptable to the Federation, must accompany the application. The boxer must also produce a valid license and passport from his home jurisdiction, where applicable.
14.
Seconds shall be restricted to the use of materials during a contest
issued to them or approved by the commission as follows:
(a)
Thrombin, Avetine, Thrombin soaked pads;
(b) Adrenalin 1/1000 solution, restricted
for topical haemostasis of cuts and nosebleeds only;
(c) vaseline or petroleum jelly;
(d) gauze pads;
(e) cotton swabs;
(f) adhesive surgeon's tape;
(g) clean towels;
(h) clean water;
(i) ice;
(j)
bandage scissors;
(k)
electrolyte replenishment in a form approved by the
Commission; and
(l) such other items or substances that
have been approved by the Federation Medical Advisory Committee.
15.
In the event of a required medical examination of a contestant between
rounds, the inter-round rest period may be extended beyond sixty (60) seconds by
the Ringside Physician who shall signal a "time-out" if it is apparent
more than sixty (60) seconds is required. If
the inter-round rest period is extended beyond ninety (90) seconds, under such
circumstances, the contest shall be automatically terminated.
16.
Any contestant diagnosed as having a detached retina shall be permanently
barred from professional contests or exhibitions, unless he has received
treatment and a qualified retinal surgeon certifies the contestant is safe to
box, and visual standards as laid down in the Safety Code are met.
17.
A mandatory rest period shall be imposed upon all boxers as follows:
(a)
Thirty (30) days rest for contestants who have actually competed in ten
(10) rounds or more;
(b)
Twenty-one (2l) days rest for contestants who have actually competed in
six (6) to nine (9) rounds; and
(c)
Fourteen (14) days rest for contestants who have actually competed in one
(1) to five (5) rounds.
BLOOD BOOSTING
18.
It shall be STRICTLY PROHIBITED for boxers to practice "blood
boosting"
for non-medical or recreational purposes.
19.
No professional boxing contest shall be held in a location where there
are no medical facilities to deal with any injuries that are reasonably
foreseeable consequences of the show, sufficiently close to the venue where the
show is being held.
(b) No
boxer shall be permitted to lose more than seven (7%) percent of his body weight
in the seven (7) days preceding a contest. The home commission of the boxer will
conduct a weigh-in seven (7) days prior to the contest to determine the weight
of the contestant, and forward that information to the host commission of the
Championship match.
WEIGHT
DIFFERENTIALS
22. In non Championship matches there shall not be a weight differential of more than the following:
Where
the lighter contestant weighs:
Less than 118 lbs Three (3) lbs
118.1 126 lbs .Five (5) lbs
126.1 135 lbs .Seven (7) lbs
135.1 147 lbs . Nine (9) lbs
147.1 160lbs .. Eleven (11) lbs
160.1 175 lbs .Twelve (12) lbs
175.1 190 lbs .Fourteen (14) lbs
More than 190 lbs No Limit
GLOVES STANDARDS
23.
The use of thumbless and/or attached thumb gloves of a standard approved
by the Federation shall be mandatory for all contestants.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
24.
(a) All boxers shall be tested
at least every twelve (12) months for infectious diseases, specifically HIV
(Human Immune Deficiency), HBV (Hepatitis "B"), and HBC (Hepatitis
"C"), as per Appendix "A". Boxers who test positive shall
not be permitted to box.
(b)
All gloves shall be disinfected after each bout before being used again.
(c)
After each bout, where blood is present, the ring shall be disinfected
before the next bout is permitted to begin.