§ 7 — Corporations and persons required to procure licenses; professional boxer defined

* § 7. Corporations and persons required to procure licenses;\nprofessional boxer defined. Except as otherwise provided in sections 9\nand 9-a of this chapter, with respect to all boxing or sparring matches\nor exhibitions in this state, all corporations, persons, referees,\njudges, match-makers, timekeepers, corporation treasurers, box office\nemployees, ticket takers, doormen, ushers, professional boxers, their\nmanagers, trainers, seconds and announcers shall be licensed by the\ncommission, and no such corporation or person shall be permitted to\nparticipate, either directly or indirectly, in any boxing or sparring\nmatch or exhibition, or the holding thereof, or the operation of any\ntraining facility providing contact sparring maintained either\nexclusively or in part for the use of professional boxers, unless such\ncorporation or persons shall have first procured a license from the\ncommission. The commission shall establish by rule and regulation\nlicensing and training standards for such referees, judges, managers,\ntrainers and seconds. For the purposes of this chapter, a professional\nboxer is deemed to be one who competes for a money prize or teaches or\npursues or assists in the practice of boxing as a means of obtaining a\nlivelihood or pecuniary gain, and any contest conforming to the rules,\nregulations and requirements of this chapter shall be deemed to be a\nboxing match and not a prize fight.\n * NB Repealed September 1, 2016\n