The following acts constitute fouls in a boxing contest:

1. (1) hitting below the belt;
2. (2) hitting an opponent who is down or is getting up after being down;
3. (3) holding an opponent with one hand and hitting with the other;
4. (4) holding or deliberately maintaining a clinch;
5. (5) wrestling or kicking;
6. (6) striking an opponent who is helpless as a result of previous blows and is so supported by the ropes that he does not fall;
7. (7) butting with the head or shoulder, or using the knee;
8. (8) hitting with the open glove, the butt of the hand, the wrist or the elbow, and all backhand blows;
9. (9) purposely going down without being hit;
10. (10) striking deliberately at that part of the body over the kidneys;
11. (11) deliberately using the rabbit punch;
12. (12) jabbing the opponent's eyes with the thumb of the glove;
13. (13) using abusive language in the ring;
14. (14) engaging in an unsportsmanlike trick or action that causes injury to an opponent;
15. (15) hitting on the break;
16. (16) hitting after the bell has sounded the end of the round;
17. (17) roughing at the ropes;
18. (18) pushing an opponent about the ring or into the ropes.

(Eff. 9/10/86, Register 99)

Authority: AS 05.05.020