N.Y. Boxing, Sparring and Wrestling § 7 — Corporations and persons required to procure licenses; professional boxer defined

* § 7. Corporations and persons required to procure licenses; professional boxer defined. Except as otherwise provided in sections 9 and 9-a of this chapter, with respect to all boxing or sparring matches or exhibitions in this state, all corporations, persons, referees, judges, match-makers, timekeepers, corporation treasurers, box office employees, ticket takers, doormen, ushers, professional boxers, their managers, trainers, seconds and announcers shall be licensed by the commission, and no such corporation or person shall be permitted to participate, either directly or indirectly, in any boxing or sparring match or exhibition, or the holding thereof, or the operation of any training facility providing contact sparring maintained either exclusively or in part for the use of professional boxers, unless such corporation or persons shall have first procured a license from the commission. The commission shall establish by rule and regulation licensing and training standards for such referees, judges, managers, trainers and seconds. For the purposes of this chapter, a professional boxer is deemed to be one who competes for a money prize or teaches or pursues or assists in the practice of boxing as a means of obtaining a livelihood or pecuniary gain, and any contest conforming to the rules, regulations and requirements of this chapter shall be deemed to be a boxing match and not a prize fight.

* NB Repealed September 1, 2016