Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
(a) The following are major fouls and upon the occurrence of any major foul in any round the referee may disqualify the offending boxer and award the bout or any round thereof to the boxer who has been fouled:
(1) hitting an opponent who is down or who is rising from down,
(2) using a knee or elbow against an opponent,
(3) purposely going down without being hit,
(4) failure to heed the referee's warnings, and
(5) any dangerous and unsportsmanlike conduct in the ring.
(b) The following are minor fouls and it is within the discretion of the referee as to whether the offending boxer should merely be warned or should lose the round because of the commission of a minor foul:
(1) holding,
(2) deliberately maintaining a clinch,
(3) hitting with the inside of the hand, the butt of the hand or the wrists,
(4) head butts,
(5) backhand blows,
(6) low blows,
(7) hitting or "flicking" with an open glove,
(8) wrestling or roughing at the ropes,
(9) deliberately striking at that part of the body over the kidneys,
(10) use of a pivot blow or rabbit punch,
(11) hitting on the break, and
(12) hitting after the bell.
(c) Holding and clinching are not considered boxing and in the case of clinching, the referee shall order the boxers to "BREAK" and each boxer shall immediately step back at least two steps before they resume boxing. There shall be no hitting after the referee has ordered "BREAK."
(d) Boxers may continue to box at close quarters where both arms are free and not held, but holding with one hand and boxing with the other is forbidden. A boxer whose arm is being held has the right to box with his free hand until the referee orders a break.
(e) If in any bout a boxer is penalized with the loss of two or more rounds because of fouls, the referee must report the matter to the commissioner or his representative within 24 hours.
(Effective June 21, 1991; TransferredJuly 27, 2007)