Definitions

For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Boxing" means a contest or match in which two contestants attack each other and defend themselves with fists wearing protective gloves during a predetermined time in a boxing ring. 2. "Commission" or "commission member" means the North Dakota commission of combative sports or a person delegated by the commissioner. 3. "Commissioner" means the North Dakota secretary of state acting as the commissioner of combative sports. 4. "Contestant" or "boxer" means a participant in a match who receives remuneration directly or indirectly as consideration for the participant's performance in a boxing match. 5. "Exhibition" means a boxing or sparring match where a decision is not rendered. 6. "Match" means any bout, contest, or sparring, in which participants intend to and do inflict punches to temporarily incapacitate an opponent, regardless of whether the object of the participants is to win or display their skills without striving to win. 7. "Matchmaker" means any person who brings together professional boxers or arranges professional boxing matches. 8. "Promoter" means any person, club, corporation, or association, and any officer, director, employee, or stockholder thereof, that produces, arranges, or stages professional boxing or kickboxing matches. 9. "Registry" means any entity certified by the association of boxing commissions and combative sports for maintaining records and identification of boxers. 10. "Sparring" means boxing for either practice or as an exhibition.