Texas Register, Volume 25, Number 11, Pages 2223-2484, March 17, 2000 Page: 2,253
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depending on the event size. Provide a private area for the ringside
physician to perform pre-fight examinations.
(8) Assure that no beverages in glassware, cans, or bottles
(plastic or glass) are allowed in the event.
(9) Immediately after the event, compensate the ringside
physicians, timekeepers, judges, referees and contestants. Payment
of percentage contracts shall be made when the amount can be
determined. Payments that do not require additional accounting or
auditing, shall be made in the presence of an authorized Department
representative.
(10) Provide a private room for ring officials, no less than
two private dressing rooms of adequate size for the contestants and
their managers, trainers and seconds, and separate dressing rooms for
male and female contestants.
(11) Assure that no alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs
are in the dressing room.
(12) Assure that the officiating physicians perform the
following duties:
(A) perform medical examinations on contestants at
the weigh-in to include a review of a contestant's answers to medical
questions on the application. Only the contestant, his manager, the
ringside physician, and Department representatives are allowed in the
examination room during the physical;
(B) remain at ringside at all times during the sched-
uled bouts;
(C) immediately examine a contestant who suffers a
knockout, concussion, or other head injury; and
(D) conduct a post contest examination that includes
the physician's recommendations for rest periods, medical disqualifi-
cation, and any other exam results. Results of the post contest exam-
ination shall be reported to the Department within 24 hours after an
event. A contestant shall automatically receive medical suspensions/
rest periods for the following:
(i) cut - Medical suspension time based on physi-
cian' s recommendation.
(ii) technical knockout - Minimum of 30-day med-
ical suspension.
(iii) knockout - 60-day minimum medical suspen-
sion for the first knockout. If a contestant has had two knockouts
within 12 months, he shall be medically suspended for a minimum of
120-days. If he has had three knockouts within 12 months, or three
consecutive knockouts, he will be medically disqualified from further
competition;
(iv) mandatory rest - All contestants shall receive
a mandatory rest period as recommended by the ringside physician.
(13) Ensure the safety of the contestants, officials, and
spectators.
(A) There shall be a pre-fight plan and route to remove
an injured contestant from the ring and arena. Upon request, the
promoter shall inform the Department of these plans. The plan shall
include the name and location of a local hospital emergency room.
(B) A sufficient number of security personnel shall be
retained to maintain order.
(14) Schedule no less than 24 or more than 60 rounds
for each event. Contests between men shall have no more than three-minute rounds with one-minute rest periods between rounds. Contests
between females shall have no more than two-minute rounds with
one-minute rest periods between rounds. No event shall exceed 10
rounds, except a championship or title contest, which shall not exceed
12 rounds. A sparring or exhibition event shall not exceed three
rounds.
(15) Prior to advertising a championship or title contest,
file with the Department the contestants' contracts.
(16) Require contestants opposing one another to wear
the same weight class of gloves.
(17) Ensure that each event has the appropriate equipment
to include:
(A) The ring shall be a square with sides not less
than 16 feet or more than 24 feet inside the ropes. The ring floor
shall extend at least 24 inches beyond the ropes on all sides. The
ring floor shall be of at least 3/4-inch material, adequately supported,
and padded with ensolite or similar closed-cell foam that is at least
1-inch thick. The padding shall extend over the edge of the ring
platform and have a top covering of canvas, duck, or similar material
approved by the Department. The covering shall be clean and be
tightly stretched and laced to the ring platform and may not have
tears, holes or overlapping seams. The ring platform shall have at
least three sets of steps into the ring during a contest: one set for each
contestant's corner and one set in the neutral comer to be used for
the ringside physician and the Department. The ring comers shall be
protected inside the ring with a urethane pad at least six inches wide.
It shall be covered with material similar to the ring floor covering,
and the covering must be long enough to cover all the rope joints.
Ring posts shall be made of a strong material, preferably steel, and
shall be at least three inches in diameter. The posts shall be secured
under the ring to prevent spreading. The ring shall be set up at least
two hours before the contest is scheduled to begin.
(B) There shall be four ring ropes at least one inch
in diameter that is evenly spaced, one foot apart. The lower rope
shall be 18 inches above the ring floor. The ropes shall be attached
to the ring posts with turnbuckles and shall be stretched taut during
all contests. The bottom rope shall be padded with at least 2 inch of
soft material.
(C) A bell that makes a sound loud enough to be heard
by the contestants, referee, and other officials.
(D) An appropriate receptacle for spitting for each
contestant's comer, clean water buckets for the contestants' use, and
at least three chairs or stools in each contestant's comer. The chairs
shall be labeled "seconds" and shall be used only by the contestant's
official seconds.
(E) New gloves for all main events. If gloves used
in preliminary contests have been used before, they shall be whole,
clean, in sanitary condition, and subject to inspection by the referee
and Department representatives. Any gloves found unfit shall not be
used and must be replaced with acceptable gloves. There shall be
extra sets of gloves on hand to be used in case gloves are broken or
in any way damaged during a contest.
(F) Contestants in all weight categories up to, and
including welterweights, shall use eight-ounce gloves. In heavier
classes, they may wear ten-ounce gloves. Female contestants may
wear 10-ounce gloves.
(G) Gloves shall be kept in the possession of the
boxing promoter and shall be made available for inspection by the
Department for a minimum of seven days after a contest.PROPOSED RULES March 17, 2000 25 TexReg 2253
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