► Fees Submit by Promoter:

• World Title: $3,000 USD (Including championship belt and shipping costs).
• Inter-Continental Title: $2,000 USD (Including championship belt and shipping costs).
• International Title: $1,500 USD (Including championship belt and shipping costs).
• Regional Titles: $1,500 USD (Including championship belt and shipping costs).
• Youth World Title: $1,500 USD (Including championship belt and shipping costs).
• Female World Title: $1,500 USD (Including championship belt and shipping costs).
• Female Inter-Continental Title: $1,000 USD (Including championship belt and shipping costs).
• Female International Title: $1,000 USD (Including championship belt and shipping costs).
• Regional titles can be $1,000 USD (Including championship belt and shipping costs).
  • All-Africa Regional Championship
  • All-Americas Regional Championship
  • Asia Pacific Regional Championship
  • All-European Regional Championship
  • All-Latino Regional Championship
• Female Regional titles can be $800 USD (Including championship belt and shipping costs).
  • Female Asia Pacific Regional Championship
• National Regional titles can be $1,000 USD (Including championship belt and shipping costs).
  • US – East Championship
  • US – Midwest Championship
  • US – South Championship
  • US – West Championship

The Universal Boxing Federation™ encourages title unification. The UBF will consider making concessions in UBF sanction fees for unification title fights involving the UBF with any other major sanctioning body (IBF, IBO, IFBA, WBA, WBC, WBF, WBO, WIBF, etc).

** For bouts held in developing nations or in cases where the established fees will result in financial hardship, the Executive Committee of the Universal Boxing Federation may modify the established fees.

► Expenses Covered by Promoter:

• UBF Commissioner/Supervisor Travel to event
• Economy Flights
• Accommodation
• Food/Drink
• Ground Transportation
• Supervisors Fee ($200 USD)

** Judges and Referees: Judge and Referee fees should be negotiated between the promoter and the local commission.

► The Referee:

• The Referee shall be the Chief Official in every Championship contest and shall maintain supervision and control over the contest while it is in progress.
• Before any Championship contest shall begin, the Referee shall ascertain the name of the Chief Second of each Contestant and shall hold the said Chief Second responsible for the conduct of their respective corner. Shaking hands by the Contestants is permissible immediately following the Referee’s instructions.
• The Referee is empowered to enforce the Rules and Regulations of the Local Boxing Commission and the Rules and Regulations of the Universal Boxing Federation™ pertaining to the conduct and behavior of the Contestants.
• The Referee shall be the only person authorized to determine if injuries were the result of legal blows, accidental fouls or intentional fouls.
• The Referee shall have the power to stop a contest and render a decision at any stage if they consider it to be one-sided or if either Contestant is in such condition that to continue might subject them to serious injury.
• If a Boxer sustains an injury from a fair blow or foul that the Referee believes may incapacitate the Boxer, the Referee is empowered to interrupt the contest and consult with the Ringside Physician on the advisability of allowing the bout to continue. The Referee is the only one permitted to signal the end of a bout.
  • Referee’s Responsibilities Before the Bout
    • Meet with each boxer and his/her chief second in their dressing room and:
      • Warn the seconds about violations of seconds rules, and if they do not comply, the referee shall warn them that further violations will result in disqualification of their contestant, and/or disciplinary action.
      • Identify the belt/hip line and clarify that the equipment shall not extend above this imaginary line.
      • Explain what you will do when the warning sounds, indicating that the end of the round is near, and when the bell sounds ending the round.
      • Explain to the chief second that he/she is expected to manage the corner (clean up spills and/or ice, wipe off excess petroleum jelly, and ensure that the boxer has his/her mouth piece in place before the start of each round).
      • Share how you will direct the boxers to break (i.e., “punch” or “get out” and, if necessary, “hold your punches” and step in and break the boxers.
      • Review fouls and how you will issue cautions and/or deducts points.
      • Inspect and sign hand wraps (unless the commission establishes some other process).
      • Ask the boxer and chief second if they have any questions.
    • Meet with the physician(s) to:
      • Determine his/her ringside experience.
      • Determine where the physician(s) will be located at ringside during the conduct of the bouts.
      • Inform/remind the physician that he/she is not to enter the ring unless directed to do so by the referee or the commission.
      • Specify the signal the referee will use to call the physician into the ring.
      • Specify the signal the referee will use to call the physician to a neutral corner.
      • Direct the physician to mount the ring apron quickly if called to examine a boxer during the bout, make a quick examination (no more than five to ten seconds), and communicate with the referee. Determine in advance how the physician will communicate his/her findings with the referee.
      • Direct the physician not to make any statements after examining a boxer that could change the dynamics of the bout, such as “Let it go one more round.”
      • Discuss the boxers and some of the things the physician may see during the bout (i.e., one boxer usually bleeds from the nose).
      • Obtain pre-fight medical exam.
    • Check the condition of the ring to ensure that everything is ready for the bout (buckets and stairs in red and blue corners, rope tension, ring floor and canvas condition, etc.).
    • When boxers enter the ring:
      • Inspect the gloves of the contestants and make sure that no foreign substances have been applied to the gloves or bodies of the contestants that might be detrimental to an opponent.
      • Inspect the gloves, trunks, shoes (double knot and/or taped), hair, mouthpiece, safety equipment (re-establish the belt line), and check for jewelry.
      • After the announcer makes introductions, call the boxers to center ring, give final instructions, direct boxers to return to their corners, and clear the ring and ring apron in preparation for the contest.
      • Before starting each bout, check each judge, the timekeeper and the physician(s) to determine if they are ready before signaling the timekeeper to start the contest.
  • Referee’s Responsibilities During the Bout:
    • Ensure the safety of the boxers.
    • Enforce all the rules of the Commission that apply to the execution of performance and the conduct of contestants’ seconds while he/she is in the ring.
    • Maintain control of the bout at all stages and issue cautions and/or deduct points as appropriate.
    • Whenever the gloves of a contestant touch the canvas floor, whether by accident or by knockdown, physically inspect the gloves and wipe them clean before the bout proceeds.
    • If a boxer is cut, the referee may interrupt the bout to consult the ringside physician to determine if the injured boxer can continue or not.
    • If the ringside physician steps on the ring apron, the referee may call time-out and have the injured boxer examined by this physician. Final authority to stop or continue a bout rests with the referee.
    • Immediately stop a contest to inform the commission and boxers of an injury caused by a head butt or foul, determine if the act was intentional or accidental, and determine if the bout can continue.
    • Instruct the judges to mark their scorecards accordingly when he/she has assessed a foul upon one of the contestants.
    • If the contestant taking the count is still down when the referee calls the count of ten, or, if in the opinion of the referee, the contestant who was knocked down is in no condition to continue, the referee shall wave both arms to indicate a knockout.
    • If both contestants go down at the same time, counting shall be continued as long as one of them is still down. If both contestants remain down until the count of ten, the contest shall be stopped and the decision shall be a technical draw.
    • At the end of each round, pick up the score cards from the judges and turn them into the commission (unless some other process has been arranged for the bout by the commission).
  • Referee’s Responsibilities After the Bout Ends:
    • Pick up the scorecards from the judges and turn them into the commission.
    • Inspect the hand wraps of both boxers after their gloves have been removed.
    • Call the boxers to center ring and raise the hand of the winner after his/her name is announced.
    • Maintain control of the ring, boxers, and seconds until the winner has been announced and they have all exited the ring.
  • Referee Approval:
    • The commission shall name the referee and its decision shall be final.
  • Referee – Sole Arbiter:
    • The referee is the sole arbiter of a bout and is the only individual authorized to stop a contest.

► The Judges:

• Three judges shall score the contests and determine the winner through the use of the ten (10) point must system. In this system the winner of each round receives ten (10) points and the Opponent an appropriately lesser number. Under no circumstances will the scoring be less than ten (10) to six (6) exclusive of penalty points deductions.
  • Special permission can be given to use a scoring referee.
• The score cards will be picked up after each round and the tally made by the Universal Boxing Federation™ Commissioner.
  • The scoring shall be done on a TEN POINT must system. Judges are to score each round using the following scoring criteria:
    • Clean punching (power versus quantity).
    • Effective aggressiveness.
    • Ring generalship.
    • Defense.

► The Ringside Physician:

• The Ringside Physician may enter the ring during the course of the round only at the request of the Referee. The Ringside Physician may enter the ring between rounds on their own, and advise the Referee about the condition of either Opponent.

► Gloves:

• The weight of gloves to be used in Championship contests shall be as follows:
  • Jr. Middleweight, up to and including Heavyweights, shall use ten (10) ounce gloves.
  • Mini Flyweights, up to and including Welterweights, shall use eight (8) ounce gloves.
• The Local Governing Boxing Commission’s Inspector shall inspect the gloves of each Contestant prior to the beginning of the contest to ensure that the gloves are free of any foreign substance that could be detrimental to an Opponent and are properly laced and taped.

► Bandages:

• The amount and type of bandages to be used in Championship contests shall be as follows:
  • In all weight classes, up to and including Middleweights, hand bandages shall be restricted to ten (10) yards of soft gauze bandage not more than two (2) inches in width, held in place by not more than six (6) feet of surgeon’s tape, one (1) inch in width, for each hand.
  • Super Middleweights, up to and including Heavyweights, shall not use bandages of more than twelve (12) yards in length and not more than eight (8) feet of surgeon’s tape, one (1) inch in width, for each hand.
  • The binding of the surgeon’s tape shall not be applied within one (1) inch of the knuckles of the Contestant’s hands.
• The Local Governing Boxing Commission shall inspect the bandages to ensure they comply with these and all Local Regulations.

► Mouthpieces:

• All Professional Boxers are required to wear a mouthpiece during competition. The round cannot begin without the mouthpiece. If the mouthpiece is dislodged during competition, the Referee will call time and replace the mouthpiece at the first opportune moment without interfering with the immediate action. Points may be deducted by the Referee if they feel the mouthpiece is being purposely spit out. All boxers must have two mouthpieces at the start of a contest.

► Round Details:

• World Championship contests must be of twelve (12) rounds duration for men, and ten (10) rounds for women. Youth World Championship contests can be of ten (10) rounds duration.
• Inter-Continental and International Championship contests must be of ten (10) rounds duration for men, and ten (10) rounds duration of eight (8) rounds duration for women.
• Regional Championship contests must be a minimum of eight (8) rounds duration for men and women.
• National Regional Championship contests must be a minimum of six (6) rounds duration for men and women.
• Each round shall be of three (3) minutes duration with one (1) minute intermission between rounds for men, and two (2) minutes duration with a one-minute intermission between rounds for women.
• Except for world championship contests, special permission can be given for male championship contests to be of eight (8) rounds duration in cases where local governing boxing commissions, for whatever reason, find this necessary.

PRE-BOUT REQUIREMENTS

► Weights and Weigh-in:

• Contestants for a Championship contest shall be weighed between 4:00 and 8:00 pm local time on the day prior to the scheduled match at a place determined by the Local Governing Boxing Commission and in the presence of a local governing Commission representative and the Universal Boxing Federation™ Commissioner. The scales to be used at the official weigh-in must be available to both contestants at least two hours prior to the official weigh-in.
• Weight determines championships, if either of the Contestants (Champion or Challenger) fails to make the prescribed weight by the official weigh-in, they have two hours to re-weigh and make weight in the presence of the Universal Boxing Federation™ and the local governing Commissioner.
• If the Champion fails to make the weight, the title will be declared vacant, but the bout may still continue as a championship bout. If the Challenger wins, he/she shall be declared the new Champion. If the Challenger fails to make the weight, the bout shall go on but the Challenger can not win the title. If the contest is for a vacant title and one the Challengers fails to make the weight, the bout may continue as a championship bout and if the Challenger who has made the weight wins, he/she shall be declared the new Champion.
• Under no circumstances will the Universal Boxing Federation™ participate in or sanction a bout for its title when one fighter is overweight; when there is a difference of more than 10 pounds between the two participants when the lighter of the two weighs more than 160 pounds and not more than 175 pounds; or 8 pounds between the two participants when the lighter of the two weighs more than 147 pounds and not more than 160 pounds; or 6 pounds between the two participants when the lighter of the two weighs more than 135 pounds and not more than 147 pounds; or 4 pounds between the two participants when the lighter of the two weighs more than 112 pounds and not more than 135 pounds; or 2 pounds between the two participants when the lighter of the two weighs not more than 112 pounds.

► Medical Examinations and Safety Standards:

• In order to encourage the preservation and protection of the health and welfare of Boxers who compete in bouts that are licensed for the Universal Boxing Federation™ title, both the Champion and the Challenger must submit all medical reports of the Boxer’s medical condition as required by the Local Governing Boxing Commission having jurisdiction over the bout.
• Prior to the contest, each Contestant must also receive a physical examination and approval by the Physician appointed by the Local Governing Boxing Commission. The examination shall meet the standards as dictated by the Local Governing Boxing Commission. At least two Physicians shall be present at ringside and be seated at close proximity to each Boxer’s corner.
• The Promoter and/or the Local Governing Boxing Commission, by signature herein, acknowledge that if the bout takes places in the United States, they have complied with and met the safety standard requirements as promulgated by the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 and herein indemnify the Universal Boxing Federation™ against any failure to do so.
• The Universal Boxing Federation™ advocates medical and safety standards recommended by The International Association of Ringside Physicians / American Association of Professional Ringside Physicians (IARP/AAPRP). www.aaprp.org
  • The Universal Boxing Federation™ advocates the following medical requirements for championship bouts:
    • Complete Physical Examination to insure that the competitor is qualified to compete.
    • A dilated eye examination by an approved ophthalmologist.
    • An EKG (heart test).
    • A negative HIV Test.
    • A negative Hepatitis B Antigen Test.
    • A negative Hepatitis C Antibody Test.
    • A CT scan or MRI of the Brain.
  • For Female Fighters additionally:
    • A negative pregnancy test.
    • A normal gynecologic Examination.
  • For Fighters over 40 additionally:
    • A negative cardiac stress test.
    • A normal Neurological Examination.