South African Boxing Act, 2001 (Act No. 11 of 2001)RegulationsBoxing Regulations, 20043. Registration requirements for boxers |
| (1) | In order to be registered as a boxer, an applicant shall, subject to the provisions of regulation 2(1)— |
| (a) | be older than 18 years but younger than 35 years in the case of a first registration; Provided that a boxer who has not participated in a boxing contest for a continuous period of 12 months or more shall be deemed to be a first registration; |
| (b) | submit in writing to Boxing SA his or her history as a boxer, with full supporting evidence; |
| (c) | at the request of Boxing SA, report to a gymnasium determined by Boxing SA in order to have his or her boxing ability tested by a person designated by Boxing SA; |
| (d) | submit himself or herself, at his or her own expense, to a medical examination by a registered medical practitioner and submit the results of the examination to Boxing SA in the form set out in Annexure F, which medical examination shall include a test for the Human Immune-deficiency Virus (HIV-infection) and Hepatitis B and, in the case of a female boxer, a breast and pelvic examination; and |
| (e) | submit himself or herself, at his or her own expense, to a medical examination contemplated in paragraph (d) annually when applying to renew his or her registration, or at any other time when requested thereto by Boxing SA. |
| (2) | A certificate of registration contemplated in regulation 2(1) shall not be issued to a boxer if he or she suffers from any of the following medical conditions— |
| (a) | High blood pressure (hypertension amounting to a reading higher than 140/80 taken over several readings); |
| (b) | an organic heart disease or a history of cardiac surgery; |
| (c) | a lung disease; |
| (d) | retinopathy, a retinal detachment or a history of eye surgery; |
| (e) | defective vision: both eyes not less than J10 for myopia or 20/100 for hyperopia; |
| (f) | herniae of the abdomen or organomegaly (liver or spleen) or palpable masses in the abdominal region; |
| (g) | absence of one kidney or evidence of a renal disease; |
| (h) | physical deformity or other medical condition that, in the opinion of Boxing SA or its medical advisors, may lead to bodily injury or may affect the boxer's ability to adequately defend himself or herself; |
| (i) | a brain disease, brain injury or a history of brain surgery; |
| (j) | evidence of disease of the nervous system; |
| (k) | an enlargement of the thyroid or lymphatic glands or active thyroid disease; |
| (l) | he human immuno-deficiency virus infection; |
| (m) | hepatitis B surface antigen; |
| (n) | pregnancy in the case of a female boxer; |
| (o) | evidence of breast disease or in the case of a female boxer a history of breast surgery ; |
| (p) | any other disease or medical condition which, in the opinion of Boxing. SA or its medical advisors, may constitute a risk to the health of the boxer, his or her opponents, or the boxer and his or her opponents, as the case may be. |
| (3) | Boxing SA shall annually, in the case of a boxer's application for the renewal of his or her registration, review his or her application, and if, in the opinion of Boxing SA, the boxer has endured excessive punishment, Boxing SA may, despite the boxer undergoing a positive neurological investigation, refuse his or her application for renewal. |
| (4) | Boxing SA shall annually, in the case of an application by a boxer for the renewal of his or her registration who is 35 years or older for registration, require the boxer to submit himself or herself, at his or her expense, to the medical examinations and tests that Boxing SA deem appropriate in order to determine whether it is in the best interests of his or her mental or physical well-being to continue boxing. |
| (5) | A boxer may assume and use a ring name, but the right to use any ring name is subject to the approval of Boxing SA and may be refused by Boxing SA either at the time of the boxer applying for registration as a boxer or at any time thereafter should Boxing SA, on reasonable grounds, deem it undesirable for the boxer to use or to continue using such ring name. |