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Since the 1960 Kefauver hearing on the influence oforganized crime over the sport, there have been numeroushearings and bills introduce in Congress to regulateboxing. Finally, in 1996, Congress passed the ProfessionalBoxing Safety Act designed to assist state boxingcommissions, ensure greater safety for the boxers, andprovide proper oversight for the professional boxingindustry in the U.S. In 1998, the Muhammed Ali BoxingReform Act was passed, which was intended to protectboxers from coercive contracts.This set features an article written by Ed Edmondsdetailing the history of the congressional hearings and theActs. Also included in this set are all hearings, debates,and reports for both enactments, as well as a bibliography,legislative chronology, and a name index of witnesses.
This first nationwide study of boxing regulations in the United States offers an historical overview of the subject, from the earliest attempts at regulating the sport to present-day legislation that may create a national boxing commission. It examines the disparity of regulations among states, as well as the reasons for some of these differences. The work features interviews with boxing officials, analysts and boxers, and includes the results of a national survey of state athletic commission personnel. In-depth case studies of boxing regulations in Nevada and Kansas provide a close look at different states' methods, and Argentina's centralized system of regulation is presented as a comparison to the U.S. approach.