Exceptions can be made only for injuries, verified in writing by a licensed physician (M.D. The record of any top-rated boxer shall be verified by the ABC’s official boxing registry.Ģ) No boxer can be rated in more than one division.ģ) For a boxer to receive a top rating, the boxer shall have competed in at least (2) bouts scheduled for ten rounds or (4) bouts scheduled for eight rounds.Ĥ) In order to maintain a top rating, the boxer:Ī) shall compete at least once during each 12-month period from the time the boxer gets rated andī) shall have competed against another top-rated boxer within each 18-month period from the time the boxer gets rated.Ī boxer who does not meet this level of competition shall not retain the boxer’s rating. A sanctioning organization may decide how many boxers to rate in a Division.Īs such, the following ratings criteria were adopted by the ABC in 2000 and further amended in 2002:ġ) Ratings must be based solely on win/loss records, level of competition and activity. This type of rating system will increase activity among the top boxers of the world. For boxers to maintain their top rating, they should be, at the very least, active and competing against other ranked opponents. Movement of these top boxers should be based, upon wins and losses and not on subjective criteria which currently differs greatly among the sanctioning organizations. The basic theory is to have the boxers themselves prove they are worthy of a top rating.

Although the ABC realizes that any ratings structure can be subjective in nature, there is a definite need for all organizations to create a ratings structure that is more objective, more precise and more consistent: based less on subjectivity and more on competition between active boxers so that when a world title bout is advertised, the general public is assured that it is, indeed, between two deserving boxers. GUIDELINES FOR OBJECTIVE AND CONSISTENT CRITERIA FOR THE RATINGS OF PROFESSIONAL BOXERSĪs prescribed by 15 USC Sec.6307c.(a), the Association of Boxing Commissions is empowered to develop guidelines for objective and consistent written criteria for the ratings of professional boxers. It is the sense of the Congress that sanctioning bodies and State boxing commissions should follow these ABC guidelines.

(a) OBJECTIVE CRITERIA- Within 2 years after the date of the enactment of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act, the Association of Boxing Commissions shall develop and shall approve by a vote of no less than a majority of its member State boxing commissioners, guidelines for objective and consistent written criteria for the ratings of professional boxers.

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