2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 53-200. Prize fighting.
Sec. 53-200. Prize fighting. Any person who is principal or second in any prize
fight in this state shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than
one thousand dollars or both. A contest in which blows are struck which are intended
or calculated to stun, disable or knock out either of the contestants, or in which either
contestant is counted out or otherwise declared defeated because of failure to resume
the contest within a certain time, shall be deemed a prize fight within the meaning of
this section. The provisions of this section shall not apply to boxing exhibitions held or
conducted under the laws of this state, or to wrestling bouts or amateur boxing exhibitions held under the provisions of section 21a-196, or under the supervision of any
school, college or university having an academic course of study or of the recognized
athletic association connected with such school, college or university.
History: 1965 act deleted exception allowing professional boxing exhibitions under permit and made specific provision for amateur boxing exhibitions; 1967 act added exception for exhibitions under section 19-327; 1972 act exempted boxing exhibitions from provisions of section and deleted proviso which had stated that boxing exhibitions would be exempt "at such time as they are regulated by an agency of the United States government"; P.A. 85-293 deleted reference to consumer protection commissioner's power to grant permits for wrestling bouts; P.A. 96-259 made technical grammatical change in reference to wrestling bouts or amateur boxing exhibitions where section does not apply.
See chapter 419e (Sec. 21a-195a et seq.) re boxing and wrestling, generally.
