Section 116.01. Grounds for discipline.

 

(1)  The department may impose a forfeiture, or reprimand, deny, limit, suspend, or revoke the license of any promoter, professional club member, officer, or representative who:

(a) Violates any state or federal statute or rule relating to boxing.

(b) Conducts a professional boxing contest or engages in conduct at a professional boxing contest in a manner that would pose unreasonable risk of harm to spectators or participants.

(c) Interferes with an inspector, judge, referee or ringside physician while performing their official duties at an event.

(d) Misrepresents material facts relating to a professional boxing contest including, but not limited to, the identity or record of a boxer.

(e) Has been found guilty of any fraud or misrepresentation substantially related to boxing, or any crime as defined in ss. 111.321 , 111.322 , and 111.335 , Stats.

(f) Has violated any law related to fraud or misrepresentation substantially related to boxing, or any crime as defined in ss. 111.321 , 111.322 , and 111.335 , Stats.

(g) Does not meet the financial obligations required by this chapter.

(2)  No person whose license has been suspended or revoked may participate in any boxing contest, including entering the dressing rooms or entering the contest area at any event. If a person's suspended license has been reinstated then that person may participate in any professional boxing event including entering the dressing rooms or entering the contest area at an event.

(3)  The department may impose a forfeiture or reprimand, deny, revoke, limit or suspend the professional boxing license of a boxer if he or she does any of the following:

(a) Violates any state or federal statute or rule relating to boxing.

(b) Fails to comply with a directive of, or interferes with, an inspector, referee or ringside physician while performing their official duties at a professional boxing event.

(c) Engages in conduct which would cause spectators, officials or participants at a professional boxing event an unreasonable risk of harm.

(d) Makes a materially false statement in an application or provides any materially false information to the department, its representatives, or officials.

(e) Holds, or has held, a license to box issued by another jurisdiction which was revoked, suspended or limited for reasons which are substantially the same as the grounds for revocation, limitation, or suspension stated in this section.

(f) Subject to ss. 111.321 , 111.322 , and 111.335 , Stats., has been convicted of a crime or has been subject to an adverse disciplinary action. The licensee shall send to the department within 30 days after the judgment of conviction a copy of the complaint or other information which describes the nature of the conviction. All applicants shall disclose the nature of any conviction or pending criminal matter while their application is under review.

(g) Is not capable of competing in a professional boxing contest due to the use of drugs or alcohol. The department may require a boxer to submit to a drug test pursuant to this section. The commissioner, inspector, or department representative may seek an order to hold a boxer's purse for testing positive for alcohol, drugs, controlled substances, anabolic steroids, or illegal enhancement substances in violation of this section.

(h) Is physically not fit to engage in professional boxing contests, or fails to perform to the best of their ability, based on information contained in a physical examination report or other reliable information.

(i) Participates in any professional boxing contest in Wisconsin that is not sanctioned or approved by the department.

(j) Is licensed as a professional boxer in this or another jurisdiction and competes in a professional boxing contest as an amateur.

(k) Fails to appear or compete in a contest in which they signed an agreement to appear. The boxer may provide a certificate from a physician, subject to the approval of the commissioner or department representative, verifying a physical disability. The boxer who files a certificate from a physician stating they are unable to fulfill an agreement because of physical disability, shall be given a medical suspension for a term deemed appropriate by the department. The boxer shall submit a medical clearance from a physician, subject to the approval of the commissioner or department representative before having their medical suspension cleared and their license reinstated.

(L) Fails to appear for their report time for their official weigh-in or fails to make their contracted weight.

(m) Verbally harasses or physically abuses any department representative or official before, during, or after an event regulated by the department.

(4)  The department may impose a forfeiture, deny the application, reprimand, limit, suspend, or revoke the license of any manager, second, corner, or trainer for acts enumerated in sub. (3) (a) to (m) .