Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 177-1-6 - Individual Sanction and Permits for Professionals and Amateurs6.1. Application for sanction. -- Before any professional boxing or amateur boxing performance shall be authorized in the State of West Virginia, the promoter shall obtain an individual sanction and permit from the Commission at least thirty (30) days before the date of any such contest or exhibition. 6.1.a. Requirements of applicants. -- Each application for sanction or permit of a professional fight shall name all contestants, the number of rounds and the date and place of the contest.6.1.b. Contracts made must be filed. -- All contracts made by the promoter with contestants who are to appear on the event must be filed at the same time. All signed contracts must be submitted to the Commission no later than noon of the day of the event. No boxer will be allowed to enter the ring unless he or she has signed a contract for the event. Fighters who are substituted to the bout card on the day of the event pursuant to Section 6.7, infra, must sign a contract for the event prior to entering the ring.6.1.c. Books open for inspection. -- As a condition for issuance of a sanction, each applicant must agree to accord the Commission the right to examine the books, accounts and other records for which such sanction is issued.6.2. Permits. -- Request for event permits shall be submitted to the Commission thirty (30) days in advance. Permits will be issued by the Commission five (5) days in advance of all contests. Permits for events must be exhibited in a conspicuous place at the box office.6.3. Minimum round. -- The minimum number of rounds on a card shall not be less than thirty (30) rounds unless special written permission is obtained from the Commission at the time of granting the sanction to have a fewer number of rounds.6.4. Pre-permit publicity. -- Under no conditions are the promoters permitted to give publicity to a card until the card has been approved by the Commission.6.5. Changes or substitutions. -- All changes and substitutions must be sanctioned in writing by the chairman of the Commission.6.5.a. Notice. -- Notice of any change in the announced or advertised programs for any contest must be filed with the Commission and with the press at least four (4) hours prior to the contest, conspicuously posted at the box office and announced from the ring before the opening contest.6.5.b. Forfeitures. -- If a boxer who is under contract to appear at a club appears at the weigh-in time and is ready to fulfill his or her contractual obligations, but his or her opponent does not appear or his or her opponent is not able to compete due to a medical condition as determined by the examining physician and a substitute opponent is not provided, the club must pay the boxer his or her contract price unless a forfeit is provided.6.5.c. Refunds. -- Whenever a substitution is made in an advertised contest, the official announcer shall advise the audience of the substitution prior to the opening bout. If any of the patrons desire to have the price of the ticket refunded, a refund will be given if the tickets are presented at the box office prior to the fight. The box office must remain open for at least twenty (20) minutes to redeem the tickets.6.6. Substitutions - Main bout. -- Substitutions will not be permitted in the main bout unless made forty-eight (48) hours before weigh-in time of the day of the contest and then only when the substitution has been approved by the Commission. Public notice must be made in the local press of the substitutions.6.7. Late changes to bout card. -- The Commission shall have the authority to allow changes to the bout card on the day of the event if a scheduled contestant fails to attend the match, fails to pass the physical examination, fails to make the required weight for the fight, or for other good cause as determined in its discretion.