Item 22: Administration of Drugs

  1. Doping: the administration to a boxer of drugs or chemical substances not forming part of the usual diet of a boxer is prohibited.  The doping regulations of IOC shall be applied.

  2. Penalties: any boxer or official violating this prohibition shall be liable to disqualification or suspension by IFMA

  3. Local Anesthetics: the use of local anesthetics is permitted according to the discretion of a doctor of the Medical Commission.

  4. Prohibited Drugs: the IOC list of banned substances shall constitute IFMA’s list of banned substances. Any boxer taking such substances or any official administering such substances shall be subject to the penalties.  IFMA may ban additional substances upon the recommendation of the IFMA Medical Commission.