---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 6307b"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "6307b"
heading: "Protection from coercive contracts"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/6307b"
units:
  - "Chapter 89 — Professional Boxing Safety"
---

# §6307b. Protection from coercive contracts

- (a) **General rule—**
  - (1)
    - (A) A [contract provision](/usc/15/6301.md?p=13) shall be considered to be in restraint of trade, contrary to public policy, and unenforceable against any [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) to the extent that it—
      - (i) is a coercive provision described in [subparagraph (B)](#a-1-B) and is for a period greater than 12 months; or
      - (ii) is a coercive provision described in [subparagraph (B)](#a-1-B) and the other [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) under contract to the [promoter](/usc/15/6301.md?p=9) came under that contract pursuant to a coercive provision described in [subparagraph (B)](#a-1-B).
    - (B) A coercive provision described in this subparagraph is a [contract provision](/usc/15/6301.md?p=13) that grants any rights between a [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) and a [promoter](/usc/15/6301.md?p=9), or between [promoters](/usc/15/6301.md?p=9) with respect to a [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1), if the [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) is required to grant such rights, or a [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1)’s [promoter](/usc/15/6301.md?p=9) is required to grant such rights with respect to a [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) to another [promoter](/usc/15/6301.md?p=9), as a condition precedent to the [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1)’s participation in a [professional boxing match](/usc/15/6301.md?p=8) against another [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) who is under contract to the [promoter](/usc/15/6301.md?p=9).
  - (2) This subsection shall only apply to contracts entered into after May 26, 2000.
  - (3) No subsequent [contract provision](/usc/15/6301.md?p=13) extending any rights or compensation covered in [paragraph (1)](#a-1) shall be enforceable against a [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) if the [effective date of the contract](/usc/15/6301.md?p=11) containing such provision is earlier than 3 months before the expiration of the relevant time period set forth in [paragraph (1)](#a-1).
- (b) **Promotional rights under mandatory bout contracts—** No [boxing service provider](/usc/15/6301.md?p=12) may require a [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) to grant any future promotional rights as a requirement of competing in a [professional boxing match](/usc/15/6301.md?p=8) that is a mandatory bout under the rules of a [sanctioning organization](/usc/15/6301.md?p=14).
- (c) **Protection from coercive contracts with broadcasters—** [Subsection (a)](#a) of this section applies to any contract between a commercial broadcaster and a [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1), or granting any rights with respect to that [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1), involving a broadcast in or affecting interstate commerce, regardless of the broadcast medium. For the purpose of this subsection, any reference in [subsection (a)(1)(B)](#a-1-B) to “[promoter](/usc/15/6301.md?p=9)” shall be considered a reference to “commercial broadcaster”.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–272, § 10, as added Pub. L. 106–210, § 4(2), May 26, 2000, 114 Stat. 322.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 10 of Pub. L. 104–272 was renumbered section 18 and is classified to section 6309 of this title.