Haw. Code R. § 16-74-449 - Penalty

Any competitor who does not obey the instructions of the referee, violates the boxing rules, boxes in an unsportsmanlike manner or commits fouls may be warned or disqualified without warning by the referee. The following are fouls:

(1) Each hit or hold below the belt, tripping, kicking, or butting with foot or knee;

(2) Hits or blows with head, shoulder, forearm, elbow, throttling of opponent, pressing with arm or elbow in opponent's face, pressing head on opponent's back over the ropes;

(3) Hits with open glove, the inside of the glove, wrist, or side of the hand;

(4) Hits landing on back of opponent, especially any blow on back of neck, and kidney punch;

(5) Pivot blows;

(6) Attack while holding the ropes, or making any use of the ropes;

(7) Wrestling, lying on, and throwing, in the clinch;

(8) An attack on an opponent who is down must be severely dealt with;

(9) Clinching, holding or locking of opponent's arms or head, or pushing a stiff arm underneath arm of opponent;

(10) Holding and hitting or pulling and hitting;

(11) Completely passive defense by means of double cover and intentionally falling to avoid a blow;

(12) Useless aggressive or offensive utterances during the round; and

(13) If a boxer has received a foul blow and declares himself unable to continue the bout, the referee shall, if he has seen a foul has been committed, use his discretion and, if in his opinion the victim is unable to continue through no fault of his own, stop the bout, and disqualify the opponent and award the decision to the victim.

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Haw. Code R. § 16-74-449

[Eff 10/2/81; comp 10/5/91] (Auth: HRS § 440-6) (Imp: HRS § 440-9)