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Boxing and wrestling contests
"Kid Seven Wins!" (Los Angeles Evening Record, November 5, 1924)

California Proposition 7 was a 1924 California ballot initiative regarding the status of boxing and wrestling contests in the state. The measure passed with 51 percent of the popular vote. The measure legalized prize fights and established the California State Athletic Commission to regulate boxing.

The law permitted "10-round decision bouts and 12-round no decision bouts in California, under the supervision of a state boxing and wrestling commission, appointed by the governor." The law went into effect beginning approximately February 1925. Prior to the passage of the 1924 boxing bill, "The original state Constitution outlawed prize fighting. Later amateur boxing was allowed. Professional bouts occurred anyway, but underground."

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References

  1. BOXING AND WRESTLING CONTESTS California Proposition 7 (1924). https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/188
  2. "California legalizes boxing after 10-year ban | November 4, 1924". HISTORY. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  3. "BACKGROUND PAPER FOR THE CALIFORNIA STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION Joint Oversight Hearing, February 26, 2019" (PDF).
  4. Millspaugh, Peter (1994-08-01). "The Federal Regulation of Professional Boxing: Will Congress Answer the Bell?". Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy. 19 (1): 41.
  5. ^ "San Pedro News Pilot 7 November 1924 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  6. Skelton, George (2016-06-13). "Capitol Journal: Should barbaric boxing be KOd?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-05-17.


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