Item 4: Dress

A. Authorized Dress: Boxers shall be dressed in accordance with the following;

1. Clothing: The boxer must wear boxing shorts - red or blue according to the corner.  They must put on a sleeveless shirt or singlet of the same color as their shorts.  They must wear the sacred headband (Mong-Kon) for praying homage before the bout.  A Krueng-Wrang (arm band) with an amulet or charm may be put on around the upper arm, biceps or waist but must be neatly covered. 
   
   
2. Gum shields: Gum shields shall be worn.  The gum shield should be form-fitted.  Form-fitted mouthpieces must be made available by the organizing host country for any participant who does not have his own, against payment by the boxer concerned or his National Association.  It is forbidden for a boxer to intentionally remove his mouthpiece during the contest and if he does so, he shall be warned or disqualified.  If a boxer has his mouthpiece knocked out, the referee shall take the boxer to his corner, have the mouthpiece washed and returned to its proper position.  While this is being done, the second is not allowed to talk to his boxer.
   
   
3. Cup protectors: A cup protector shall be worn, a jock–strap may be worn in addition. 
   
   
4. Head-guard: The heard-guard is an individual and form fitted item of the boxer’s equipment.  The use of the head-guard is mandatory.  It shall conform to IFMA specifications.  Boxers must come into the ring without their head guard - only after having been presented to the audience and Wai Khru has completed should they put it on. The head guard shall be taken off immediately the bout is over and before the decision is announced. 
   
   
5. Body-guard, Shin-guards and Elbow-guards: the use of the body-guard, shin-guard and elbow-guard is mandatory.  It shall conform with IFMA specifications as it is the responsibility of the organizing committee to provide body-guard, shin-guards and elbow-guards to the boxer.
   

B.Prohibited objects;

1. No other objects may be worn during the competition: the use of grease, Vaseline, rubbing lineament or products likely to be harmful or objectionable to an opponent on the face, arms or any other part of the body is forbidden. 
   
   
2. Boxers shall be clean-shaven: Beards are not allowed – a thin moustache is allowed - not to exceed the length of the upper lip.
   

C. Dress infraction: A referee shall exclude from the bout any boxer who is not wearing the head-guard, groin-guard and gumshield or who is not clean and properly dressed.  In the event of the boxer’s glove or dress becoming undone during boxing, a referee shall stop the contest to have it attended to.