USA: Indiana Laws

History of Indiana Boxing Legislation, Rules & Regulations

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• 1909-04-26: Gov. Marshall orders that all boxing be stopped. [1]
• 1911-October: By this date Indiana, and Wisconsin, had become the Mecca of Chicago boxers. But authorities in Gary and Hammond ordered that no more prize-fights would be held in those cities, setting back Chicago fight promoters. [2]
• 1914-04-15: Indianapolis is about to get a boxing commission. Seattle Star wire report [3]
• 1926-01-03: Fort Harrison will hold no-decision bouts, after a War Department ruling that all professional athletic events be held under local, municipal, or state laws. Indianapolis News
• 1931-02-26: H.B. 485 passes the Indiana House on a vote of 63-20. The bill creates a state athletic commission of three members to regulate boxing and wrestling. Indianapolis News, January 4, 1926.
• 1931-05-20: Fort Harrison will conduct their summer boxing shows in cooperation with the new state boxing commission. Indianapolis News, May 20, 1931.
• 1931-05-26: Indianapolis holds its first decision bouts.
• 1931-07-23: Indianapolis holds its first twelve-rounds decision bouts. Indianapolis News, July 24, 1931.
• 1933-03-09: Governor Harry G. Leslie signs bill to create a state boxing commission of three members to regulate boxing and wrestling in the state. Ten percent of the gross receipts of all matches are to go to the State Treasury. New York Times
• 1933-07-28: State boxing commissioner Al G. Feeney announces that future Indiana fights will be decided by three judges, instead of the votes of two judges and the referee, as had been the case.