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Home » US Law » 2022 Alaska Statutes » Title 5. Amusements and Sports » Chapter 10. Boxing and Wrestling

Sec. 05.10.010. Licenses for boxing and wrestling matches.

The athletic commission may issue, and for cause revoke, a license to conduct boxing contests, sparring or wrestling matches, or exhibitions as provided in this chapter under terms and conditions and at times and places as the commission may determine. The holder of a license may conduct boxing contests, sparring and wrestling matches, and exhibitions […]

Sec. 05.10.020. Power of commission.

The commission shall direct, supervise, and control all boxing contests, or sparring and wrestling matches or exhibitions conducted inside the state, and a boxing contest, sparring or wrestling match or exhibition may not be held inside the state except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

Sec. 05.10.040. Examination of participants in unlicensed contests.

Every contestant in a boxing contest, sparring or wrestling match not conducted under this chapter shall be examined within eight hours before the contest by a practicing physician. The examining physician may disqualify any contestant the physician considers physically unfit to participate.

Sec. 05.10.060. License required.

Except as provided in this chapter, a boxing contest, sparring or wrestling match or exhibition may not be conducted inside the state except under a license issued in accordance with this chapter and the regulations of the commission.

Sec. 05.10.070. Application for license.

A club, corporation, organization, association, or fraternal society affected by this chapter may apply to the commission for a license. An application must be in writing and upon a form prescribed by the commission and must be verified in the manner the commission requires and accompanied by an annual license fee of $100.

Sec. 05.10.080. Duration of license.

The licenses provided for in AS 05.10.070 and 05.10.120 shall be issued for a six-month or 12-month period and shall expire on June 30 and December 31 of each year.

Sec. 05.10.090. Licensee bond.

A licensee shall file a good and sufficient bond in the sum of $1,000 with the commission in cities of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants and a good and sufficient bond in the sum of $2,500 in cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants. The bond must be conditioned for the faithful performance by the licensee of […]

Sec. 05.10.100. Statement and report of contest.

A licensee shall, within three days before the holding of a boxing contest, sparring or wrestling match, or exhibition, file with the commission a statement setting forth the name of each contestant, the contestant’s manager, and other information the commission requires. One week after the completion of the contest, the licensee shall file with the […]

Sec. 05.10.110. Inspectors.

The commission may appoint official inspectors. In the absence of a member of the commission, at least one inspector shall be present at any boxing contest, sparring or wrestling match, or exhibition held under this chapter. An inspector shall carry a card signed by the chairman of the commission evidencing the inspector’s authority. The inspector […]

Sec. 05.10.120. Annual licenses to participants; fees; exemptions; designation of referee.

(a) The commission may grant annual licenses upon application in compliance with the regulations adopted by the commission and the payment of the fees prescribed for managers, referees, examining physicians, boxers, wrestlers, seconds, and trainers. (b) The following is the schedule of annual fees: (1) examining physicians, $10; (2) managers, $50; (3) referees, $10; (4) […]

Sec. 05.10.130. Participation in purse or conducting sham contest.

A person or a member of any group of persons or corporation promoting wrestling or boxing exhibitions or contests who participates directly or indirectly in the purse or fee of a manager of a boxer or wrestler or a boxer or a wrestler, and a licensee who conducts or participates in any sham or fake […]

Sec. 05.10.140. Suspensions for violations.

A contestant who participates in a sham or fake boxing contest or sparring match or exhibition or who violates a regulation of the commission shall be penalized as follows: (1) for the first offense the contestant shall be restrained by order of the commission for a period of at least three months from participating in […]

Sec. 05.10.150. Failure to make reports.

Whenever a licensee fails to make a report of a contest within the time prescribed by this chapter or when the report is unsatisfactory to the commission or to the Department of Revenue, the secretary shall examine the books and records of the licensee. The secretary may subpoena and examine under oath the licensee and […]