Fouls by a contestant include, but are not limited to:

1. (1) Hitting an opponent below the navel or behind the ear;
2. (2) Hitting an opponent who is knocked down;
3. (3) Holding an opponent with one hand while hitting with the other hand;
4. (4) Holding or deliberately maintaining a clinch;
5. (5) Wrestling, kicking, or roughing;
6. (6) Pushing an opponent about the ring or into the ropes;
7. (7) Butting with the head, shoulder, knee, or elbow;
8. (8) Hitting with the open glove, the butt or inside of the hand, or back of the hand, the elbow or the wrist;
9. (9) Purposefully falling down on the canvas of the ring without being hit or for the purpose of avoiding a blow;
10. (10) Striking deliberately at that part of the body over the kidneys;
11. (11) Using the pivot blow (pivotingwhilethrowingapunch) or the rabbit punch (punchesthrowntothebackoftheheadandneckareas);
12. (12) Jabbing an opponent's eyes with the thumb of the glove;
13. (13) Use of abusive language;
14. (14) Unsportsmanlike conduct causing injury to an opponent that does not meet the standard of a fair blow;
15. (15) Hitting on the break;
16. (16) Intentionally spitting out the mouthpiece;
17. (17) Hitting on or out of the ropes;
18. (18) Holding the ropes and hitting;
19. (19) Biting or spitting;
20. (20) Not following referee's instructions;
21. (21) Stepping on an opponent;
22. (22) Crouching below the opponent's belt;
23. (23) Leaving neutral corner; and

24. (24) Conduct of the contestant's second(s).

    Fouls shall be called by the referee and announced to the judges for appropriate deductions.

Source: 41 SDR 7, effective July 28, 2014.

General Authority: 42-12-10.

Law Implemented: 42-12-10.