---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 6308"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "6308"
heading: "Conflicts of interest"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/6308"
units:
  - "Chapter 89 — Professional Boxing Safety"
---

# §6308. Conflicts of interest

- (a) **Regulatory personnel—** No member or employee of a [boxing commission](/usc/15/6301.md?p=2-A), no [person](/usc/15/7a.md?p=6) who administers or enforces [State](/usc/15/6301.md?p=10) boxing laws, and no member of the Association of [Boxing Commissions](/usc/15/6301.md?p=2-A) may belong to, contract with, or receive any compensation from, any [person](/usc/15/7a.md?p=6) who sanctions, arranges, or promotes [professional boxing matches](/usc/15/6301.md?p=8) or who otherwise has a financial interest in an active [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) currently registered with a [boxer registry](/usc/15/6301.md?p=3). For purposes of this section, the term “compensation” does not include funds held in escrow for payment to another [person](/usc/15/7a.md?p=6) in connection with a [professional boxing match](/usc/15/6301.md?p=8). The prohibition set forth in this section shall not apply to any contract entered into, or any reasonable compensation received, by a [boxing commission](/usc/15/6301.md?p=2-A) to supervise a [professional boxing match](/usc/15/6301.md?p=8) in another [State](/usc/15/6301.md?p=10) as described in [section 6303 of this title](/usc/15/6303.md).
- (b) **Firewall between promoters and managers—**
  - (1) **In general—** It is unlawful for—
    - (A) a [promoter](/usc/15/6301.md?p=9) to have a direct or indirect financial interest in the management of a [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1); or
    - (B) a [manager](/usc/15/6301.md?p=5)—
      - (i) to have a direct or indirect financial interest in the promotion of a [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1); or
      - (ii) to be employed by or receive compensation or other benefits from a [promoter](/usc/15/6301.md?p=9), except for amounts received as consideration under the [manager](/usc/15/6301.md?p=5)’s contract with the [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1).
  - (2) **Exceptions—** [Paragraph (1)](#b-1)—
    - (A) does not prohibit a [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) from acting as his own [promoter](/usc/15/6301.md?p=9) or [manager](/usc/15/6301.md?p=5); and
    - (B) only applies to [boxers](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) participating in a boxing match of 10 rounds or more.
- (c) **Sanctioning organizations—**
  - (1) **Prohibition on receipts—** Except as provided in [paragraph (2)](#c-2), no officer or employee of a [sanctioning organization](/usc/15/6301.md?p=14) may receive any compensation, gift, or benefit, directly or indirectly, from a [promoter](/usc/15/6301.md?p=9), [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1), or [manager](/usc/15/6301.md?p=5).
  - (2) **Exceptions—** [Paragraph (1)](#c-1) does not apply to—
    - (A) the receipt of payment by a [promoter](/usc/15/6301.md?p=9), [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1), or [manager](/usc/15/6301.md?p=5) of a [sanctioning organization](/usc/15/6301.md?p=14)’s published fee for sanctioning a [professional boxing match](/usc/15/6301.md?p=8) or reasonable expenses in connection therewith if the payment is reported to the responsible [boxing commission](/usc/15/6301.md?p=2-A); or
    - (B) the receipt of a gift or benefit of de minimis value.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–272, § 17, formerly § 9, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3311; renumbered § 17 and amended Pub. L. 106–210, §§ 4(1), 5, May 26, 2000, 114 Stat. 322, 325.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2000—Pub. L. 106–210, § 5, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted subsec. heading, and added subsecs. (b) and (c).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective July 1, 1997, and not applicable to an otherwise authorized boxing commission in the Commonwealth of Virginia until July 1, 1998, see section 23(1), (2) of Pub. L. 104–272, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.