By Armando Garcia: Holding is one of the most obvious poor tactics in the sport of boxing. It not only infuriates the fans, but it negates action during the bout. Add to it a little 'running' and you have a not so delectable recipe that quickly creates irate fans.

By Armando Garcia: With power comes responsibility. My basic philosophy (taught to me by one much wiser) of police work was that you have such tremendous power and authority that you should never be a jerk when exercising it and you should always strive to be fair.

By Armando Garcia

Referee-physician interaction usually means someone is in a bit of trouble. This is such a critical event that I had to include a segment on it in “The Professional Boxing Referee Manual”. The recent ruckus over the stoppage of the Lewis-Klitschko bout motivated me to elaborate a bit on the section and discuss another one in the manual that is titled “Cuts”.

By Joe Dwyer

The idea of a National Boxing Commission has been kicking around for some time. Many knowledgeable boxing people were opposed to the idea, feeling that the ills of boxing should and could be remedied internally. Never happened!!

By Armando Garcia

In this segment, we will discuss one particular rule in depth that I believe should be clarified by the Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC). As you know, when the Unified Rules of the ABC became law for world and regional championship bouts in the USA, there was somewhat of a disclaimer that stated that whatever was not covered in the rules reverted back to the rules of the commission supervising the bout.

By Armando Garcia

A single point deduction can be forgotten during the course of a hard fought 12 round bout. In the end, fans may only see the judges’ decision as the point deduction somewhat disappears in the overall scoring. However, one single point deduction has a dramatic impact in a close bout. It may even adversely affect a judge’s concentration momentarily as the referee imposes the deduction.

By Armando Garcia

Yes, there is such a thing as referee training. What hurts us, though, is that there is no standardized referee training. We are getting there as far as formalized training is concerned, but we are not there yet.

By Armando Garcia Fluid movement and good positioning distinguishes a great referee from the average ones. Today we will discuss general movement and positioning and how it relates to issuing verbal commands and separating boxers. In general, the referee should move in a direction opposite

By Armando Garcia In upcoming articles we will be discussing critical situations that occur in bouts. We will begin this series of articles by discussing where a referee can take his first major step to controlling a bout: the dressing room. At the world championship level boxers are expected

By Chief Deputy Attorney General Keith E. Kizer, Legal Counsel to the Nevada Athletic Commission The responsibility for licensing boxers (and other unarmed combatants) in Nevada is vested exclusively in the Nevada Athletic Commission (Commission). To that end, the Nevada Legislature provided the