---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 6306"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "6306"
heading: "Review"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/6306"
units:
  - "Chapter 89 — Professional Boxing Safety"
---

# §6306. Review

- (a) **Procedures—** Each [boxing commission](/usc/15/6301.md?p=2-A) shall establish each of the following procedures:
  - (1) Procedures to evaluate the professional records and [physician](/usc/15/6301.md?p=7)’s certification of each [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) participating in a [professional boxing match](/usc/15/6301.md?p=8) in the [State](/usc/15/6301.md?p=10), and to deny authorization for a [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) to fight where appropriate.
  - (2) Procedures to ensure that, except as provided in [subsection (b)](#b), no [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) is permitted to box while under [suspension](/usc/15/6301.md?p=15) from any [boxing commission](/usc/15/6301.md?p=2-A) due to—
    - (A) a recent knockout or series of consecutive losses;
    - (B) an injury, requirement for a medical procedure, or [physician](/usc/15/6301.md?p=7) denial of certification;
    - (C) failure of a [drug](/usc/15/55.md?p=c) test;
    - (D) the use of false aliases, or falsifying, or attempting to falsify, official identification cards or documents; or
    - (E) unsportsmanlike conduct or other inappropriate behavior inconsistent with generally accepted methods of competition in a [professional boxing match](/usc/15/6301.md?p=8).
  - (3) Procedures to review a [suspension](/usc/15/6301.md?p=15) where appealed by a [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1), [licensee](/usc/15/6301.md?p=4), [manager](/usc/15/6301.md?p=5), [matchmaker](/usc/15/6301.md?p=6), [promoter](/usc/15/6301.md?p=9), or other [boxing service provider](/usc/15/6301.md?p=12), including an opportunity for a [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) to present contradictory evidence.
  - (4) Procedures to revoke a [suspension](/usc/15/6301.md?p=15) where a [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1)—
    - (A) was suspended under subparagraph [(A)](#a-2-A) or [(B)](#a-2-B) of paragraph (2) of this subsection, and has furnished further proof of a sufficiently improved medical or physical condition; or
    - (B) furnishes proof under subparagraph [(C)](#a-2-C) or [(D)](#a-2-D) of paragraph (2) that a [suspension](/usc/15/6301.md?p=15) was not, or is no longer, merited by the facts.
- (b) **Suspension in another State—** A [boxing commission](/usc/15/6301.md?p=2-A) may allow a [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) who is under [suspension](/usc/15/6301.md?p=15) in any [State](/usc/15/6301.md?p=10) to participate in a [professional boxing match](/usc/15/6301.md?p=8)—
  - (1) for any reason other than those listed in [subsection (a)](#a) if such commission notifies in writing and consults with the designated official of the suspending [State](/usc/15/6301.md?p=10)’s [boxing commission](/usc/15/6301.md?p=2-A) prior to the grant of approval for such individual to participate in that [professional boxing match](/usc/15/6301.md?p=8); or
  - (2) if the [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) appeals to the Association of [Boxing Commissions](/usc/15/6301.md?p=2-A), and the Association of [Boxing Commissions](/usc/15/6301.md?p=2-A) determines that the [suspension](/usc/15/6301.md?p=15) of such [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) was without sufficient grounds, for an improper purpose, or not related to the health and safety of the [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) or the purposes of this chapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–272, § 7, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3311; Pub. L. 106–210, § 7(b), (d), May 26, 2000, 114 Stat. 328.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2000—Subsec. (a)(2)(E). Pub. L. 106–210, § 7(b), added subpar. (E).

Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 106–210, § 7(d), substituted “boxer, licensee, manager, matchmaker, promoter, or other boxing service provider” for “boxer” the first place appearing.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective July 1, 1997, see section 23(2) of Pub. L. 104–272, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.