810-11-1-.38. Contestants.
(1) Shall report to the place where a contest to be held at least
one hour before entering the ring. Shall box in a proper ring costume. Contestants
must wear regulation trunks which must reach at least halfway between knee and
thigh. Tights will not be permitted. The belt of the trunks shall not extend
above the waist line. Shoes shall be of soft material and shall not be fitted
with spikes, cleats, hard soles or hard heels. No other apparel as above specified,
shall be worn in the ring, except a bathrobe.
(2) Gloves shall be adjusted in the ring under the supervision
of the referee or in the dressing room under the supervision of a representative
of the Commission, the laces to be knotted on the back of the wrist.
(3) The use of grease or other substances which might handicap
an opponent is prohibited. Contestants must present a tidy appearance and be
cleanly shaved.
(4) Neither by word or act shall a contestant at the close of a
bout indicate to the spectators his belief that he has won or lost. When the
decision of the judges has been announced, both contestants and their seconds
shall at once leave the ring and retire to their dressing rooms.
(5) Managers and seconds are forbidden to toss a towel into the
ring as a token of defeat of their principal or in any other way to acknowledge
that he is beaten. The referee shall be sole judge as to the physical condition
of a boxer under severe punishment and as to whether a bout should be stopped.
(6) No boxer, manager, second or ring tender shall enter a ring
with a sweater, jersey, or robe carrying any advertisement other than the name
of the boxer. (§41-9-90.1(e))
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