§ 4:85 — Definitions; construction

Louisiana § 4:85

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 4: Amusements and Sports

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§85. Definitions; construction
As used in this Chapter:
(1) "Amateur" means any of the following:
(a) Contests or exhibitions of armed or unarmed combat or any combination thereof
conducted by or participated in exclusively by any state-accredited middle school or high
school, college, or university, or by any association or organization of a school, college, or
university, when each participant in the contests or exhibitions is a bona fide student in the
state-accredited middle school or high school, college, or university.
(b) Any boxing contest or exhibition if it is registered and sanctioned by United
States Amateur Boxing, Inc., or Golden Gloves of America as an amateur boxing contest or
exhibition.
(c) Any contest or exhibition which specifically has been named by the commission
as an amateur event.
(2) "Club" means any club, corporation, association, or individual under the authority
of the commission.
(3) "Commission" means the Louisiana State Athletic Commission.
(4) "Exhibition" means:
(a) As applied to boxing and mixed technique events, any event in which the
participants show or display their skills without necessarily striving to win.
(b) As applied to professional wrestling events, bouts for entertainment purposes
wherein there are no dangerous blows intended to be struck and the result of each bout is
predetermined.
(5) "Mixed technique event" means contests in which contestants attack and defend
with wrestling or grappling and with the fists and other parts of the human body, including
but not limited to the foot, knee, leg, elbow, or head, wherein dangerous blows are intended
to be struck with full contact. The term "mixed technique event" shall not include nor shall
the provisions of this Chapter apply to any contest, competition, or exhibition of any of the
recognized martial arts, including but not limited to karate, judo, kung fu, tae kwan do,
jujitsu, kickboxing, tang soo do, or any substantively similar tradition.
(6) "Professional boxer" means any person who competes for a money prize or
teaches, pursues, or assists in the practice of boxing or wrestling as a means of obtaining a
livelihood or pecuniary gain.
(7) "Professional wrestler" means any person who does not qualify as an "amateur"
and who participates in staged matches wherein no dangerous blow is intended to be struck
and where there is a predetermined winner, whether or not the participant competes for a
money prize or pecuniary gain.
(8) "Professional wrestling event" means any event which does not qualify as either
a mixed technique event or amateur or boxing contest and which features in any way a
professional wrestler and which qualifies as an exhibition under Subparagraph (4)(b) of this
Section.

Legislative History

Acts 1974, No. 553, §1; Acts 2007, No. 90, §1; Acts 2025, No. 290, §1.