ARMY BOXING CONVENTION 2013

PROBABLE RULE CHANGES

HIERARCHY OF “AMATEUR” BOXING

• AIBA – INTERNATIONAL GOVERNING BODY

• ABAE – NATIONAL GOVERNING BODY

• CSBA – COMBINED SERVICES

• ARMY BA

TECHNICAL RULES

• AIBA – TECHNICAL RULES STATUTES AND BYLAWS

• ABAE – MAY ADD ADDITIONAL RULES FOR SAFETY BUT NOT RELAX OR IGNORE AIBA RULES

• CSBA – MAY ADD SERVICE CONDITIONS WHERE APPROPRIATE

• ARMY BA – MAY ADD ARMY CONDITIONS WHERE APPROPRIATE

• UNIT – TOURNAMENT RULES

RULE CHANGES

• AIBA – TECHNICAL RULES STATUTES AND BYLAWS• AGE CATEGORIES • WEIGHT CATEGORIES• SCORING• WORDS OF COMMAND AND REFEREEING• GLOVE WEIGHTS• HEADGUARDS• MEDICAL SUSPENSIONS AND ISSUES• PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE• BOXING TWICE ON ONE DAY (12 HOURS)• LOW BLOW

RULE CHANGES

• AIBA – TECHNICAL RULES STATUTES AND BYLAWS• TIMEKEEPER AND GONG OPERATOR• MC – ANNOUNCER• WEIGH IN• MEDICALS BEFORE WEIGH IN• RING LAYOUT

AGE CATEGORIES

• AGE CATEGORIES

• YOUTH BOXER• 17 – 18 AND 364 DAYS

• SENIOR BOXER• 19 – 39 AND 364 DAYS

WEIGHT CATEGORIES

• WEIGHT

CATEGORIES• > 46kgs - 49kgs• > 49kgs - 52kgs• > 52kgs – 56kgs• > 56kgs – 60kgs• > 60kgs – 64kgs• > 64kgs – 69kgs• > 69kgs – 75kgs• > 75kgs – 81kgs• > 81kgs – 91kgs• > 91kgs

SCORING

• 3 JUDGES FROM 5• 10 POINT MUST

• No. of quality blows• Domination of the bout• Competitiveness• Technique and tactics• Infringement of the rules

• 10 – 9 a close round• 10 – 8 clear winner with

dominance• 10 – 7 total dominance• 10 – 6 over matched

WORDS OF COMMAND

• BOX• BREAK• STOP• TIME

• CAUTIONS ON THE MOVE

• DECISIONS• UNANIMOUS• SPLIT

WEIGH IN

• ALL BOXERS TO WEIGH IN ON FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION 6 HOURS TO BOUT 1

• DAILY WEIGH IN 3 HOURS TO BOUT 1• ONLY 1 WEIGH PER BOXER• SECOND SET OF CALIBRATED SCALES• CHECK WEIGHS• WEIGH INS TO BE CONDUCTED BY SAME

GENDER AS BOXER

ADDITIONAL RULE CHANGES

• LOW BLOW• TIMEKEEPER AND

GONG OPERATOR• MC – ANNOUNCER• MEDICALS BEFORE

WEIGH IN• 12 HOURS

BETWEEN BOUTS