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      • Asociación Nacional y internacional Dugarry Boxing Team (Equatorial Guinea)
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      • Bangladesh Pro Boxing Association
      • Belgium Boxing League
      • British & Irish Boxing Authority (BIBA)
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      • Croatia Professional Boxing Association
      • Federación Deportiva Nacional de Boxeo Chile – Sur
      • Cyprus Professional Boxing Commission (CPBC)
      • East & Central Africa Professional Boxing Federation
      • European Boxing Council (EBC)
      • Boxing Commission of Fiji
      • The Gambia National Boxing Federation (GNBF)
      • Ghana Adaptive Boxing Council (GABC)
      • Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA)
      • Kenya Professional Boxing Commission (KPBC)
      • Kazakhstan Boxing Commission
      • Indian Professional Boxing Association (IPBA)
      • Iran Professional Boxing Association
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      • Italian Authority Of Boxing
      • League Of Boxing (Iran)
      • Libyan Professional Boxing Association
      • Malta Boxing Commission
      • Nepal Professional Boxing Commission
      • Professional Boxing Commission of New Zealand
      • Nigerian Boxing Board of Control
      • Pakistan Professional Boxing Commission
      • Boxing Board of Sierra Leone (BBSL)
      • Professional Boxing Organisation India (PBOI)
      • Professional Boxing Federation of Singapore (PBFS)
      • Professional Boxing India (PBI)
      • Pugilistic Syndicate of Tanzania
      • Star Professional Boxing Association (SPBA)
      • Tanzania Professional Boxing Regulatory Commission
      • Tanzania Professional Boxing Organisation
      • Turkish Republic Of Northern Cyprus Professional Boxing Commission
      • Uganda Professional Boxing Commission
      • Uzbekistan Fight Legion
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      • American Boxing Organization U.S.A (ABO)
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    • PROFESSIONAL BOXING SAFETY ACT OF 1996 (USA)
    • Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act (2000)
  • Documentation
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    • Pocket Guide – Referee
    • Pocket Guide – Judges
  • Training
    • Cut/Cornerman Course – Worksop, Notts, UK – 5th April 2025
    • Cut/Corner Course – Worksop, Notts, UK – 14th September 2024
    • Referee & Judge Course – Ashford, Kent, UK – 28th April 204
    • Cut/Corner Course – Worksop, UK – 16th March 2024
    • Cut/Cornerman Course – Worksop, UK – 4th November 2023
    • APBC REFEREE & JUDGE COURSE – ASHFORD, KENT, UK – 15TH OCTOBER 2023
    • Cut/Cornerman Course – Worksop 23rd July 2023
    • Cut/Cornerman Course – Worksop, UK – 3rd June 2023
    • Cut/Cornerman Course – Worksop, UK, – 18th February 2023
    • REFEREE/JUDGE COURSE – LEEDS, UK – 14TH AUGUST 2022
    • CORNER/CUTMAN COURSE – 3RD JULY 2022 WORKSOP, NOTTS, UK
    • Officials (Inspector/Supervisor/Official Recorder) – 12th June 2022 – Ashford, Kent UK
    • Sunday 3rd April 2022 – Corner/Cut-Man Course – Dagenham, Essex, UK
    • 20th February 2022 – Referee/Judge Course in Leeds, UK
    • Cutman & Cornerman Course – 27th November 2021 – Worksop, UK
    • REFEREE & JUDGES COURSE – ASHFORD, KENT, UK – 24TH OCTOBER 2021
    • 1st March 2020 – Referee/Judge Course, Colchester, ESSEX, UK
    • 26th January 2020 – Coach, Cutman and Cornerman Course – Ashford, Kent, UK
    • 13th December 2019 – Referee & Judges Course – Aberdeen, Scotland
    • 28th November 2019 – Cutman and Head Trauma Signs & Symptoms Course – Worksop, Notts, UK
    • 28TH JULY 2019 – REFEREE AND JUDGES COURSE – LEEDS, UNITED KINGDOM
    • 26th April 2019 – Referee and Judges Course – Gatwick, United Kingdom
    • 7th October 2018 – Referee & Judge Course – United Kingdom
    • 28th July 2018 – Cutman & Cornerman Course – United Kingdom
    • 16th June 2018 Cutman & Cornerman Course and Head Trauma Signs & Symptons Course – United Kingdom
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Pocket Guide – Referee

Appearance

No belt; no watch; no jewelry on hands, wrist or neck; no eyeglasses; nails cut short; boxing shoes with rubber anti-slipping soles; a towel on the neutral corner post

Must be well groomed

Key Elements.
Extreme concern for the safety of the boxer.
Strict enforcement of the contest rules.
Move smoothly and efficiently in the ring.
100% concentration.
Use only basic boxing language. Don’t use other words.
Use basic signals.

Basic Language

Not one language is understood or heard by all boxers:

  • Box:  Command boxers to box.
  • Break:  Command boxers to break their clinch.
  • Stop:  Order to immediately and absolutely stop action.
  • Time  out:  Referee stops action and time watch

Basic Signals.

The use of signals for initiating and finishing rounds, terminating fights, to timekeepers and doctors; fouls.

Instruction to Boxers Prior to Bouts

Specific instructions must be given to boxers based on basic language and basic signals, as well as warnings specifically on: a) no head butts; b) no rabbit punches; c) no kidney punches; d) not hitting below the belt, as well as when they finish during rest periods. STOP FIGHT when the doctor advises to.

During Action.

Stay away, circling around when boxers are not close to the ropes.

Stay close when they are boxing at the ropes.

Stay very close when the action is in the corners.

Use only basic language and signals.

Do not talk to boxers.

Do not crowd them; Let them fight.

Wait until the cessation of the action that created the loss of a mouthpiece to stop the action to replace it.

A head butt, intentional or non-intentional should be called immediately; in case of an intentional head butt there is a mandatory deduction of two points.

Knock Downs.

Don’t rush; order or direct the standing boxer to the furthest neutral  corner, take the count from the timekeeper and count out loud showing the count with your fingers to the downed boxer.

If he gets up give him the mandatory 8 count and ask him questions that make him think or use signals to make him walk forward, etc.

Do not hesitate to stop the fight if you have doubts; it’s better to stop a fight one punch before than one punch after.

Hold the boxer and take him to his seconds.

If he goes down with a concussion, don’t hesitate to remove his mouthpiece at once and turn him partially on his left side.

You are the boss, show your authority and, remember, the health and the life of the boxer might be in your hands; safety has no compromise.

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    • APBC Member Countries & Commissions
      • Afghanistan Professional Boxing Commission
      • Africa Professional Boxing Commission
      • AKK Association
      • Asociación de Boxeo Argentino (ABA)
      • Asociación Nacional e Internacional de Boxeo Argentino – ANIB Argentina
      • Asociación Nacional y internacional Dugarry Boxing Team (Equatorial Guinea)
      • CONFEDERACAO BRASILEIRA DE BOXE PROFISSIONAL (CBBP)
      • ANIB – Nacional e Internacional Associação de Boxe
      • Asociación Nacional de Boxeo-Paraguay (ANB-Paraguay)
      • Ethiopian Professional Boxing Commission (EPBC)
      • Federation of Professional Boxers of Balkan (FPBB)
      • Baltic League Of Professional Boxing
      • Bangladesh Pro Boxing Association
      • Belgium Boxing League
      • British & Irish Boxing Authority (BIBA)
      • Bund Deutscher Faustkämpfer (BDF)
      • Croatia Professional Boxing Association
      • Federación Deportiva Nacional de Boxeo Chile – Sur
      • Cyprus Professional Boxing Commission (CPBC)
      • East & Central Africa Professional Boxing Federation
      • European Boxing Council (EBC)
      • Boxing Commission of Fiji
      • The Gambia National Boxing Federation (GNBF)
      • Ghana Adaptive Boxing Council (GABC)
      • Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA)
      • Kenya Professional Boxing Commission (KPBC)
      • Kazakhstan Boxing Commission
      • Indian Professional Boxing Association (IPBA)
      • Iran Professional Boxing Association
      • Iran Professional Boxing Commission
      • Italian Authority Of Boxing
      • League Of Boxing (Iran)
      • Libyan Professional Boxing Association
      • Malta Boxing Commission
      • Nepal Professional Boxing Commission
      • Professional Boxing Commission of New Zealand
      • Nigerian Boxing Board of Control
      • Pakistan Professional Boxing Commission
      • Boxing Board of Sierra Leone (BBSL)
      • Professional Boxing Organisation India (PBOI)
      • Professional Boxing Federation of Singapore (PBFS)
      • Professional Boxing India (PBI)
      • Pugilistic Syndicate of Tanzania
      • Star Professional Boxing Association (SPBA)
      • Tanzania Professional Boxing Regulatory Commission
      • Tanzania Professional Boxing Organisation
      • Turkish Republic Of Northern Cyprus Professional Boxing Commission
      • Uganda Professional Boxing Commission
      • Uzbekistan Fight Legion
    • Championship Organisations
      • American Boxing Organization U.S.A (ABO)
      • Associação Nacional de Boxe-Internacional (ANB)
      • Continental Boxing Federation (CBF)
      • EBL EUROPEAN BOXING LEAGUE LTD
      • Global Boxing Federation (GBF)
      • International Boxing Sanctioner (IBS)
      • National Boxing Association (NBA)
      • Professional Boxing Council (PBC)
      • PRO BOXING FEDERATION (PBF)
      • Royal Boxing Organization (RBO)
      • World Africa Boxing Association (WABA)
      • WKA
      • World Boxing Federation (WBFed)
      • World Boxing Forum (WBF)
      • World Boxing Foundation (WBF)
      • World Boxing League LLC (WBL)
    • APBC Associate Members
  • Notices
    • Consensus statement from the ARP on concussion management in combat sports
  • Regulation
    • Rules of Professional Boxing
    • Rules of Championship Boxing
    • Championship Boxing Weight Divisions
    • PROFESSIONAL BOXING SAFETY ACT OF 1996 (USA)
    • Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act (2000)
  • Documentation
    • APBC Stoppage Regulation
    • Pocket Guide – Referee
    • Pocket Guide – Judges
  • Training
    • Cut/Cornerman Course – Worksop, Notts, UK – 5th April 2025
    • Cut/Corner Course – Worksop, Notts, UK – 14th September 2024
    • Referee & Judge Course – Ashford, Kent, UK – 28th April 204
    • Cut/Corner Course – Worksop, UK – 16th March 2024
    • Cut/Cornerman Course – Worksop, UK – 4th November 2023
    • APBC REFEREE & JUDGE COURSE – ASHFORD, KENT, UK – 15TH OCTOBER 2023
    • Cut/Cornerman Course – Worksop 23rd July 2023
    • Cut/Cornerman Course – Worksop, UK – 3rd June 2023
    • Cut/Cornerman Course – Worksop, UK, – 18th February 2023
    • REFEREE/JUDGE COURSE – LEEDS, UK – 14TH AUGUST 2022
    • CORNER/CUTMAN COURSE – 3RD JULY 2022 WORKSOP, NOTTS, UK
    • Officials (Inspector/Supervisor/Official Recorder) – 12th June 2022 – Ashford, Kent UK
    • Sunday 3rd April 2022 – Corner/Cut-Man Course – Dagenham, Essex, UK
    • 20th February 2022 – Referee/Judge Course in Leeds, UK
    • Cutman & Cornerman Course – 27th November 2021 – Worksop, UK
    • REFEREE & JUDGES COURSE – ASHFORD, KENT, UK – 24TH OCTOBER 2021
    • 1st March 2020 – Referee/Judge Course, Colchester, ESSEX, UK
    • 26th January 2020 – Coach, Cutman and Cornerman Course – Ashford, Kent, UK
    • 13th December 2019 – Referee & Judges Course – Aberdeen, Scotland
    • 28th November 2019 – Cutman and Head Trauma Signs & Symptoms Course – Worksop, Notts, UK
    • 28TH JULY 2019 – REFEREE AND JUDGES COURSE – LEEDS, UNITED KINGDOM
    • 26th April 2019 – Referee and Judges Course – Gatwick, United Kingdom
    • 7th October 2018 – Referee & Judge Course – United Kingdom
    • 28th July 2018 – Cutman & Cornerman Course – United Kingdom
    • 16th June 2018 Cutman & Cornerman Course and Head Trauma Signs & Symptons Course – United Kingdom
  • APBC Annual Conference
  • Contact
  • The Pugilist