The objects of this Act are to—
| (a) | give effect to the provisions of the Constitution; |
| (b) | regulate. control and exercise general supervision over professional boxing at tournaments in the Republic; |
| (c) | protect and regulate the interests and organisational rights of boxers, trainers, managers, promoters, officials and other stakeholders involved in professional boxing matters; |
| (i) | orderly collective action; |
| (ii) | boxing in the Republic; and |
| (iii) | the effective resolution of boxing disputes; |
| (e) | eliminate undesirable practices and to maintain the highest level of efficiency in boxing; |
| (f) | provide a framework within which boxers, boxing officials, trainers, managers, promoters and all other stakeholders in professional boxing must— |
| (i) | collectively determine terms and conditions of their boxing relationship and other matters of mutual or other interest; and |
| (ii) | formulate a professional boxing policy; |
| (g) | give effect to all the rights and obligations incurred in terms of this Act, and also those rights and obligations of a boxer as a member of an international professional boxing body or organisation; |
| (h) | provide for the registration and licensing of stakeholders in professional boxing and to ensure proper control and democratic practices in the process; |
| (i) | provide for the resolution of boxing disputes through arbitration, appeal and independent alternative dispute resolution services accredited for that purpose; |
| (j) | provide for marketing mechanisms to promote professional and amateur boxing in general; |
| (k) | provide for the establishment of an infrastructure to acquire boxing facilities for both professional provide for a working relationship between professional and amateur boxing structures; |
| (l) | provide for the establishment of a joint committee consisting of professional and amateur boxing officials to consider an application from an amateur boxer who is in the national team of the South African National Amateur Boxing Organisation or from any person who wants to become a professional boxer; |
| (m) | recognise that boxing in the Republic consists of a professional and an amateur boxing wing; |
| (n) | recognise that amateur boxing is governed by its own constitution; |
| (o) | provide for matters of mutual interest to both professional and amateur boxing; |
| (p) | consider the recognition of all international boxing bodies or organisations and their boxing champions; |
| (q) | provide for the participation and involvement of women in boxing; and |
| (r) | provide for incidental matters. |
