Sec. 2. DEFINITIONS
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## SEC. 2 DEFINITIONS **[**[15 U.S.C. 6301](/us/usc/t15/s6301)**]** For purposes of this Act: ####
(1)Boxer The term “**boxer**” means an individual who fights in a professional boxing match. ####
(2)Boxing commission #####
(A)The term “**boxing commission**” means an entity authorized under State law to regulate professional boxing matches. ####
(3)Boxer registry The term “**boxer registry**” means any entity certified by the Association of Boxing Commissions for the purposes of maintaining records and identification of boxers. ####
(4)Licensee The term “**licensee**” means an individual who serves as a trainer, second, or cut man for a boxer. ####
(5)Manager The term “**manager**” means a person who receives compensation for service as an agent or representative of a boxer. ####
(6)Matchmaker The term “**matchmaker**” means a person that proposes, selects, and arranges the boxers to participate in a professional boxing match. ####
(7)Physician The term “**physician**” means a doctor of medicine legally authorized to practice medicine by the State in which the physician performs such function or action. ####
(8)Professional boxing match The term “**professional boxing match**” means a boxing contest held in the United States between individuals for financial compensation. Such term does not include a boxing contest that is regulated by an amateur sports organization. ####
(9)Promoter The term “**promoter**” means the person primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing a professional boxing match. The term “**promoter**” does not include a hotel, casino, resort, or other commercial establishment hosting or sponsoring a professional boxing match unless— #####
(A)the hotel, casino, resort, or other commercial establishment is primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing the match; and #####
(B)there is no other person primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing the match. ####
(10)State The term “**State**” means each of the 50 States, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and any territory or possession of the United States, including the Virgin Islands. ####
(11)Effective date of the contract The term “**effective date of the contract**” means the day upon which a boxer becomes legally bound by the contract. ####
(12)Boxing service provider The term “**boxing service provider**” means a promoter, manager, sanctioning body, licensee, or matchmaker. ####
(13)Contract provision The term “**contract provision**” means any legal obligation between a boxer and a boxing service provider. ####
(14)Sanctioning organization The term “**sanctioning organization**” means an organization that sanctions professional boxing matches in the United States— #####
(A)between boxers who are residents of different States; or #####
(B)that are advertised, otherwise promoted, or broadcast (including closed circuit television) in interstate commerce. ####
(15)Suspension The term “**suspension**” includes within its meaning the revocation of a boxing license.
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