W. Va. Code R. § 177-1-33

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 177-1-33 - Fouls
33.1. Hitting below the belt.
33.2. Hitting an opponent who is down or rising after being down.
33.3. Holding an opponent with one (1) hand and hitting with the other.
33.4. Holding or deliberately maintaining a clinch.
33.5. Wrestling or roughing at the ropes.
33.6. Pushing an opponent about the ring or into the ropes or striking an opponent who is helpless as a result of blows and supported by the ropes, so that he does not fall.
33.7. Butting with the head or shoulder or using the knees or elbows.
33.8. Hitting with the open glove, with the butt or inside of the hand, the elbow, the wrist and all backhand blows.
33.9. Purposely going down without being hit.
33.10. Striking deliberately at the part of the body over the kidneys.
33.11. The use of the pivot blow or the rabbit punch.
33.12. Jabbing opponent's eyes with the thumb of the gloves.
33.13. The use of abusive language in the ring.
33.14. Any unsportsmanlike trick or action causing injury to an opponent.

W. Va. Code R. § 177-1-33