Item 23: Medical Aptitude

A. Medical Certification: a competitor shall not be allowed to compete in an International Competition unless he produces his Boxer’s Book in which he must be certified as fit to box by a qualified doctor of medicine.  One each day he will be required to box, the competitor shall be certified as fit to compete by a qualified doctor of medicine who shall be approved by the association under whose jurisdiction the competition is taking place, or in the World Championships, World Cup competition by the medical commission of IFMA.

B.  Medical Certificate: every boxer competing outside his own country must have in his possession, a certificate signed by an authorized doctor of medicine, stating that prior to leaving his country he was in good physical condition and not suffering from any injury, infection or disability liable to affect his capacity to box in the country being visited.  Such certificate must be incorporated in his boxer’s book which must be produced at the medical examination before the general weigh-in

C.Prohibited Conditions: the prohibited conditions are referred to in the medical handbook

D. Cut and Abrasions: no boxer shall be allowed to take part in any contest if he wears a dressing on a cut, wound, abrasion, laceration or blood swelling on his scalp or face including the nose and ears.  A boxer is allowed to box if an abrasion is covered with collision or steri-strip.  The decision should be made by the doctor examining the boxer on the day of his competition. 

E. Medical Aptitude: No boxer shall be allowed to start boxing without having his medical aptitude certified in his boxer’s book, which may only be done by approved doctor.  The medical aptitude test should, if possible, include the following exams, or their equivalent;

1. A complete clinical examination with particular attention to the organs of sight and hearing, the sense of balance and the nervous system
2. A biometrical examination including measurement of height and weight, at least
3. A biological examination including blood a urine tests.
4. A neurological examination including an electroencephalogram.
5. A Skull x-ray
6. A cardio logical examination, including an electrocardiogram
7. An examination by cranial computerized tomography, if possible.

A medical examination should be repeated at least once a year and should include the points 1, 2 and 4 above.

G. Medical flow Sheet: Adoption of a Medical Flow Sheet to medically document a bout, before during and after.