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Nevada passes rules to make boxing safer
By OSKAR GARCIA, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 1 minute ago
Nevada passed a series of rule changes Wednesday, hoping to make boxing safer after two fighters died in Las Vegas last year.
The State Athletic Commission changed rules about weigh-ins, gloves, ringside drinks and doctors, medical exams and trainers. The commission also approved measures requiring state funding, including increased drug tests, required CT scans immediately after fights, a part-time doctor for the commission, a new medical advisory board and money for research. Those measures will be submitted Sept. 1 to state legislators for approval.
"Above it all, if the boxers are in better shape as a result of what we're doing here today, the boxing matches are going to be better in my opinion," said Sig Rogich, a former commissioner and chairman of an advisory panel that recommended the changes. "You're going to have boxers that are healthier, so no one is out anything."
The new rules will allow approved sports drinks to be used ringside to replenish dehydrated fighters, require three ringside doctors instead of two and require all boxers to be examined in the ring immediately after fights.
The commission also will develop a test requiring trainers to know about nutrition, weight-loss, concussions and hydration before they are licensed. Previously, corner trainers needed only to complete a short application and pay $50.
Fighters 135 pounds and heavier will be required to use 10-ounce gloves. Previously, fighters 147 pounds and below could use 8-ounce gloves.
(copied from http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060712/...alth_reforms_1)
By OSKAR GARCIA, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 1 minute ago
Nevada passed a series of rule changes Wednesday, hoping to make boxing safer after two fighters died in Las Vegas last year.
The State Athletic Commission changed rules about weigh-ins, gloves, ringside drinks and doctors, medical exams and trainers. The commission also approved measures requiring state funding, including increased drug tests, required CT scans immediately after fights, a part-time doctor for the commission, a new medical advisory board and money for research. Those measures will be submitted Sept. 1 to state legislators for approval.
"Above it all, if the boxers are in better shape as a result of what we're doing here today, the boxing matches are going to be better in my opinion," said Sig Rogich, a former commissioner and chairman of an advisory panel that recommended the changes. "You're going to have boxers that are healthier, so no one is out anything."
The new rules will allow approved sports drinks to be used ringside to replenish dehydrated fighters, require three ringside doctors instead of two and require all boxers to be examined in the ring immediately after fights.
The commission also will develop a test requiring trainers to know about nutrition, weight-loss, concussions and hydration before they are licensed. Previously, corner trainers needed only to complete a short application and pay $50.
Fighters 135 pounds and heavier will be required to use 10-ounce gloves. Previously, fighters 147 pounds and below could use 8-ounce gloves.
(copied from http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060712/...alth_reforms_1)
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