S.C. Code Regs. § § 20-25.1

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 11, November 22, 2024

Section 20-25.1 - Off the Street Boxing

Participants and Officials must comply with the Rules and Regulations for regular boxing events with the following exceptions and/or additional rules:

1. Each bout is limited to three (3) one-minute rounds.

2. The corner men must use clean towels for each bout.

3. No boxer shall be permitted to perform in any contest without wearing a form-fitting mouthpiece. It is suggested that each boxer have a spare mouthpiece.

4. No boxer shall participate in more than four (4) such bouts in the same calendar day, nor on successive calendar days without specific approval of the duly authorized Commission Representative. The ringside physician must check and record a boxer's blood pressure prior to each fight.

5. No person who has participated in more than five (5) Off The Street Boxing events in one calendar year shall participate in an Off The Street Boxing Tournament.

6. No person who has participated in amateur or professional boxing or kick-boxing, including trainers and sparring partners, shall enter an Off The Street Boxing Tournament.

7. Winning a prize in an Off The Street Boxing Event does not, in itself, make the winner a professional within the meaning of these regulations.

8. If a promoter cannot provide entrants' names two (2) weeks before the event, the promoter may submit the participants' names upon receipt. These participants are to apply for licenses upon registering for the contest.

9. Weight classes shall be as follows:

A. Class I: 130--152 pounds;

B. Class II: 153--175 pounds;

C. Class III: 176--199 pounds;

D. Class IV: Super heavyweight--over 200 pounds

10. Gloves of minimum weight of sixteen (16) ounces, to be provided by the promoter, are required.

11. Kicking is not permitted in Off The Street Boxing.

12. All equipment must be inspected and approved by the Commission Representative. All contestants must wear Commission-approved headgear.

13. Each licensed promoter must have medical, hospitalization, surgical and life insurance in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) in a case of injury and Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) in case of a death.

14. No Off The Street Boxing Tournament shall be longer than two (2) consecutive twenty-four (24) hour periods.

S.C. Code Regs. § 20-25.1

Amended by State Register Volume 39, Issue No. 06, eff. 6/26/2015.