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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 09.14.06.07" title_num="09" subtitle_num="14" chapter_num="06" heading="Fouls.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A boxer who flagrantly or repeatedly commits a foul may be:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Disqualified in a contest by the referee; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Subject to disciplinary action under COMAR 09.14.02.07.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A foul includes:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Hitting below the belt;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Hitting an opponent who is down or getting up after being down;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Holding;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Wrestling or kicking;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Striking an opponent who is helpless as a result of blows and supported by the ropes so that the opponent does not fall;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Butting with the head or shoulder or using the knee;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Hitting with the open glove, or with the butt of the hand, the wrist, or the elbow, and all backhand blows;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Going down without being hit;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Striking at that part of the body over the kidney;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>The rabbit punch;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Jabbing the opponent's eye with the thumb of the glove;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Using abusive language in the ring;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>Using an unsportsmanlike trick or action causing injury to an opponent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>Hitting on the break;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>Hitting after the bell has sounded ending the round;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(16)">
      <text>Roughing at the ropes;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(17)">
      <text>Pushing an opponent about the ring or into the ropes; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(18)">
      <text>Biting.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>