Item 6: Medical Examination, Weigh-in, Weight Classifications

A. Medical Examination

1. In the time fixed for the weigh-in: A competitor must be passed as fit to compete by the doctor appointed by the executive committee before being weighed in. To ensure a smooth running of the weigh-in, the executive committee may decide to begin the medical examination at an earlier time.  
2. At the medical examination and weigh-in, the boxer shall produce his international competition record book, which must be signed by the Secretary or Executive Director of his National Association where the requisite entries shall be made by the officials in charge. 

B. Weight Classification.

Metric System

C. Weigh in

1. World Championships, Continental Championships, International   Championships. 

The following shall be the regulation regarding the weigh-in;

• The contestants at all weights shall be required to be ready to weigh on the first morning of the competition at an hour appointed between 8 am and 10 am.  On the following competition days only those who are drawn to box shall appear at the same time between 8 to 9 am.  It shall be in the power of the Executive Committee or other IFMA authorized delegate to relax this condition slightly if unavoidable delay occurs.  Boxing shall not commence earlier than three clear hours after the time appointed for the close of the weigh-in or such shorter time as the Executive Committee, after consulting the Medical Commission, shall decide is suitable and not liable to be detrimental to a boxer taking part in the early bouts of the forthcoming boxing session. 
• Delegates authorized by IFMA shall supervise the weigh-in.  A delegate of the National Association of each contestant may be present at the weigh-in but may not in any way interfere.
• The weight registered at the official weigh-in on the first day decides the weight class of the boxer for the whole of the competition but he will still be required to weigh-in each day on which he is due to box to ensure that his actual weight on that day does not exceed the maximum of his weight class.  A contestant may only box in the weight for which he has qualified at the official weigh-in.
• A competitor will be allowed to present himself at the official scales only once at the weigh-in each day.  The weight recorded on that presentation is final. On the first day, it is permissible, however, for the National Team-manager of a competitor who has failed to make the weight at the original weight-in to enter him there upon for the higher or lower weight for which he is qualified, but only if this country has a free place at that weight and the weigh-in is not yet closed.  It is also permissible for a Nation to substitute one boxer for another at anytime up to the close of the first weigh-in and the medical examination, provided that in any competition where reserves are permitted, the substituted boxer has been entered as reserve for the weight or any other weight. 
• The weight is the one shown by the scale, the body being naked.  The weight shall be in the metric scale.  Electronic scale is recommended.

2. Inter – Nation Contest.
   • In the case of tournament or competition between 2 or more nations, the weigh-in shall be effected by a member designated by the National Association of the organizing country who shall be assisted by a representative of the country or countries invited, this last or these last having the right to check the weight of each boxer. 
   • If a competitor exceeds the weight limit of his class, he can be authorized to box if the excess weight is not greater than 500 grams. But, regardless of the actual outcome of the bout, the boxer who has exceeded the weight may only gain the number of marks allotted to a loser and his opponent (provided he has made the weight and passed the medical examination on the day and presents himself in the ring dressed for boxing) shall gain the marks allotted to the winner.
   • If both boxers exceed the weight limit for the class for which they have been entered, they will gain for their teams only the number of marks allotted to a loser. 
   • If the excess weight of a competitor is greater than 500 grams, but does not exceed 2.7 kgs, the official representative of the opposing team shall be entitled to accept him and the boxer who has make the weight.  A competitor must be passed as fit to compete by the appointed quailed doctor of medicine before being weighed.   
   • In Inter-Nation or International tournaments, the weighing of competitors may be concluded in 30 minutes.  A boxer who exceeds the weight limit or fails to appear within the set period shall be declared a losing boxer. 
   • The Association of the Nation who receives a visiting team shall put a scale and a place of training at the disposal of the team from the time of the latter’s arrival at the town where the match is to take place.