2319. FOULS

2319 FOULS 2319.1 No contestant shall commit any of the of following fouls: (a) Striking the face with any part of the arm other than the gloved hand; (b) Kicking to the leg; (c) Take downs; (d) Sweeping above the area designated for sweeps; (e) Grabbing or holding onto an opponent’s foot or leg, followed by a takedown or a strike; (f) Holding the ropes with one hand while kicking, punching or defending with the other hand or a leg; (g) Extending the leg to check an opponent's leg to prevent him or her from kicking; (h) Hitting the opponent below the belt; (i) Hitting an opponent who is down or who is rising after being down; (j) Holding the opponent with one hand and hitting the opponent with the other hand; (k) Holding the opponent or deliberately maintaining a clinch; (l) Wrestling with or roughing the opponent to maintain a clinch; (m) Punching the opponent after being instructed to stop fighting, as when the opponent is helpless and leaning on the ropes to avoid falling; (n) Hitting the opponent with the head, elbow, or knee; (o) Hitting the opponent with an open glove, including the inside of the hand, the back of the hand, or the wrist; (p) Intentionally going down without being hit, to avoid a blow; (q) Using a pivot blow or rabbit punch, including hitting the back of the opponent’s neck near the base of the skull; (r) Using a kidney punch, including hitting the part of the back near the spine and over the kidneys; (s) Hitting the opponent’s eye with the thumb of the glove; (t) Using the ring ropes to deliver a punch; (u) Using abusive language in the ring; or (v) Engaging in any unsportsmanlike trick or action that injures the opponent. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking at 35 DCR 3759, 3766-67 (May 20, 1988).