# COMAR Title 09 — Maryland Department of Labor

## Subtitle 14 — State Athletic Commission

### Chapter 06 — Conduct of Boxing Contests

#### Regulation .07 Fouls.

*COMAR 09.14.06.07*

A. A boxer who flagrantly or repeatedly commits a foul may be:

  (1) Disqualified in a contest by the referee; and

  (2) Subject to disciplinary action under COMAR 09.14.02.07.

B. A foul includes:

  (1) Hitting below the belt;

  (2) Hitting an opponent who is down or getting up after being down;

  (3) Holding;

  (4) Wrestling or kicking;

  (5) Striking an opponent who is helpless as a result of blows and supported by the ropes so that the opponent does not fall;

  (6) Butting with the head or shoulder or using the knee;

  (7) Hitting with the open glove, or with the butt of the hand, the wrist, or the elbow, and all backhand blows;

  (8) Going down without being hit;

  (9) Striking at that part of the body over the kidney;

  (10) The rabbit punch;

  (11) Jabbing the opponent's eye with the thumb of the glove;

  (12) Using abusive language in the ring;

  (13) Using an unsportsmanlike trick or action causing injury to an opponent;

  (14) Hitting on the break;

  (15) Hitting after the bell has sounded ending the round;

  (16) Roughing at the ropes;

  (17) Pushing an opponent about the ring or into the ropes; and

  (18) Biting.