Section 110.02. Definitions.

  As used in chs. SPS 110 to 116 :

(1)  "Anabolic steroid" means a drug or hormonal substance as defined in s. 961.01 (2m) (a) , Stats.

(2)  "Bout" means a contest between 2 boxers.

(3)  "Boxer" means any person who is licensed under the provisions of ch. SPS 115 .

(4)  "Cause" means any of the reasons listed in s. SPS 116.01 .

(5)  "Commissioner" means a person duly authorized to represent the department in administering the regulation of professional boxing contests.

(6)  "Contest" means any boxing or sparring contest the admission to which requires the purchase of a ticket or the payment of anything of value.

(7)  "Knock-out" means that a boxer is down as described in s. SPS 114.05 (1) for at least 10 seconds as determined by the referee.

(8)  "Permit" means a credential issued to a promoter or professional club to conduct a specific professional boxing contest.

(9)  "Professional" means a boxer who receives money or reward, except that "professional" does not mean receiving watches, medals, articles of jewelry, silverware, trophies or ornaments which are suitably inscribed to show that they are given for participating in a contest and which do not exceed the sum of $35.

(10)  "Professional club" means a club licensed under ch. 444 , Stats. , to conduct professional boxing contests.

(11)  "Second" means a person who is present during a bout to provide assistance to the boxer.

(12)  "Technical knock-out" means that a boxer loses a bout because the boxer discontinues boxing for any reason or because the referee terminates the bout because the boxer is defenseless or incapable of continuing. "Technical knock-out" does not include a situation when a boxer is down for a 10-count by the referee.

(13)  "10-point must scoring system" means a system for scoring each round of a bout in such a way that the winner is awarded 10 points and the loser is awarded 9 points or less. Under this system each judge renders his or her score to the official scorekeeper for a round-by-round tally of points for each boxer. At the end of the bout, the scorekeeper adds the points that each judge gave for each boxer for each round. The winner of the bout is the boxer who receives the higher score from a majority of the judges.

EmR1031 : emerg. cr., eff. 9-1-10; CR 10-101 : cr. Register April 2011 No. 664 , eff. 5-1-11; correction in (intro.), (3), (4), (7) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register November 2011 No. 671 .