As used in this article 110, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1)Boxer means an individual who participates in a boxing match.
(2)Boxing means fighting, striking, forcing an opponent to submit, or
disabling an opponent, including the disciplines of kickboxing, mixed martial arts,
and martial arts.
(3)Commission means the Colorado combative sports commission created
in section 12-110-106.
(4)Contest means a match in which the participants strive earnestly to win.
(5)Exhibition means a match in which participants display their boxing
skills and techniques without striving earnestly to win.
(6)Kickboxing means engaging in martial arts fighting techniques using
the hands and feet, the object of which is to win by a decision, knockout, or
technical knockout.
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As used in this article 110, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) Boxer means an individual who participates in a boxing match.
(2) Boxing means fighting, striking, forcing an opponent to submit, or
disabling an opponent, including the disciplines of kickboxing, mixed martial arts,
and martial arts.
(3) Commission means the Colorado combative sports commission created
in section 12-110-106.
(4) Contest means a match in which the participants strive earnestly to win.
(5) Exhibition means a match in which participants display their boxing
skills and techniques without striving earnestly to win.
(6) Kickboxing means engaging in martial arts fighting techniques using
the hands and feet, the object of which is to win by a decision, knockout, or
technical knockout.
(7) Martial arts means any of several arts of combat or self-defense that
are widely practiced as sport.
(8) Match means a professional boxing contest or exhibition, the object of
which is to win by a decision, knockout, or technical knockout, and includes an
event, engagement, sparring or practice session, show, or program where the public
is admitted and there is intended to be physical contact. Match does not include a
training or practice session when no admission is charged.
(9) Mixed martial arts means the combined techniques of boxing and
martial arts disciplines such as grappling, kicking, and striking, including the use of
full, unrestrained physical force.
(10) Office means the office of combative sports created in section 12-110-105.
(11) Office director means the director of the office.
(12) Participant means a person who engages in a match as a boxing
contestant.
(13) Physician means an individual licensed to practice medicine pursuant
to article 240 of this title 12.
(14) Place of training means a facility where alcohol beverages are not
permitted, an admission fee is not charged for nonstudents, instructors of
particular disciplines train students in the art of boxing, and students pay a fee to
be enrolled in classes and receive instruction.
(15) Professional means a participant who has received or competed for a
purse or any other thing of value for participating in a match.
(16) (a) Toughperson fighting means:
(I) A physical contest, match, tournament, exhibition, or bout, or any activity
that involves physical contact between two or more individuals engaging in
combative skills using the hands, feet, or body, whether or not prizes or purses are
awarded at the event or promised in future events or spectator admission fees are
charged or received; and
(II) A contest, match, tournament, exhibition, bout, or activity, as described in
subsection (16)(a)(I) of this section, that is not recognized by and not sanctioned by
any state, regional, or national boxing sanctioning authority that is recognized by
the director.
(b) Toughperson fighting does not mean:
(I) Activities occurring under a martial arts instructor at a place of training or
other types of instructor-student or student-student contact occurring under the
supervision of an instructor at a place of training; or
(II) A sanctioned boxing event approved by the commission.