341.115 Professional boxing.
Any contest, match or exhibition in which cash prizes of $5 or more or other prizes worth $100 or more are offered to any boxer shall comply with all rules of the board of boxing governing professional boxing. For purposes of this section, trophies, travel expenses and subsistence expenses shall not be considered prizes. No boxer participating in these contests, matches, or exhibitions shall engage in more than 15 rounds of boxing in a 14-day period. If the boxer loses due to a technical knockout or is knocked unconscious, the boxer cannot fight for a 30-day period. No boxer shall participate in these contests, matches, or exhibitions unless the boxer has submitted an affidavit of physical fitness, subscribed and sworn to under oath, to the board and has been examined by a physician designated by the board. The affidavit must state that the boxer has regularly trained for at least 60 days under the supervision of a second licensed by the board of boxing or a second or trainer licensed in another jurisdiction or the equivalent. The examination must include an electroencephalogram if the boxer has been knocked unconscious in boxing competition. The examination must also include an eye examination designed to reveal any retinal defects or damage that could be aggravated by boxing. The examination shall be performed at the expense of the promoter.
The board may order an electroencephalogram before any contest, match, or exhibition if it determines that the examination is necessary to protect the health of the boxer. The examination must be performed at the expense of the promoter.
HIST: 1982 c 375 s 1; 1982 c 405 s 5; 1983 c 341 s 2; 1986 c 444
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