OAR 230-080-0480
Fouls in Boxing

(1) Hitting below the belt.
(2) Hitting an opponent who is down or is getting up after being down.
(3) Holding an opponent with one hand and hitting with the other.
(4) Holding or deliberately maintaining a clinch.
(5) Wrestling or kicking.
(6) If the referee has signaled that the opponent has been knocked out, striking the opponent who is supported by the ropes but does not fall as a result of blows.
(7) Butting with the head or shoulder or using the knee.
(8) Hitting with the open glove, or with the butt of the hand, the wrist, or the elbow, and all backhand blows.
(9) Purposely going down without being hit.
(10) Striking deliberately at that part of the body over the kidneys.
(11) Deliberate use of the rabbit punch.
(12) Jabbing the opponent’s eyes with the thumb of the glove.
(13) The use of abusive language in the ring.
(14) Any unsportsmanlike action causing injury to an opponent.
(15) Hitting on the break.
(16) Hitting after the bell has sounded ending the round.
(17) Roughing at the ropes.
(18) Pushing an opponent about the ring or into the ropes.
(19) Striking a blow during intervention by the referee.
(20) Hitting an opponent whose head is between the outside of the ropes.

Source: Rule 230-080-0480 — Fouls in Boxing, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=230-080-0480.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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