2319 FOULS

2319.1 No contestant shall commit any of the of following fouls:

1. (a) Striking the face with any part of the arm other than the gloved hand;
2. (b) Kicking to the leg;
3. (c) Take downs;
4. (d) Sweeping above the area designated for sweeps;
5. (e) Grabbing or holding onto an opponent's foot or leg, followed by a takedown or a strike;
6. (f) Holding the ropes with one hand while kicking, punching or defending with the other hand or a leg;
7. (g) Extending the leg to check an opponent's leg to prevent him or her from kicking;
8. (h) Hitting the opponent below the belt;
9. (i) Hitting an opponent who is down or who is rising after being down;
10. (j) Holding the opponent with one hand and hitting the opponent with the other hand;
11. (k) Holding the opponent or deliberately maintaining a clinch;
12. (l) Wrestling with or roughing the opponent to maintain a clinch;
13. (m) Punching the opponent after being instructed to stop fighting, as when the opponent is helpless and leaning on the ropes to avoid falling;
14. (n) Hitting the opponent with the head, elbow, or knee;
15. (o) Hitting the opponent with an open glove, including the inside of the hand, the back of the hand, or the wrist;
16. (p) Intentionally going down without being hit, to avoid a blow;
17. (q) Using a pivot blow or rabbit punch, including hitting the back of the opponent's neck near the base of the skull;
18. (r) Using a kidney punch, including hitting the part of the back near the spine and over the kidneys;
19. (s) Hitting the opponent's eye with the thumb of the glove;
20. (t) Using the ring ropes to deliver a punch;
21. (u) Using abusive language in the ring; or
22. (v) Engaging in any unsportsmanlike trick or action that injures the opponent.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking at 35 DCR 3759, 3766-67 (May 20, 1988).