Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 4:64

  • Commission: means the State Boxing and Wrestling Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 4:85
  • 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. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 4:85

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 4:85

The commission may make rules and regulations governing all boxing,  mixed technique events, and wrestling contests or exhibitions under its jurisdiction, the sale of tickets at such contests or exhibitions, the promoters of such contests or exhibitions, and the contestants, their seconds and managers in such contests or exhibitions, and all other rules and regulations as the commission, in its discretion, deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.  Should any case occur which may not be covered in this Chapter or by the rules and regulations of the commission, it shall be determined by the commission, but only insofar as such determination is consistent with justice, the best interests of boxing, mixed technique event, and wrestling and with the powers and authority granted by this Chapter.  A copy of the pertinent rules and regulations of the commission shall be furnished to the contestants or their managers in contests or exhibitions subject to the jurisdiction of the commission.  No such contest or exhibition shall be conducted, held, or given except in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and the rules and regulations of the commission, provided that no such boxing contest or exhibition shall exceed twenty rounds.

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