PABA official web site - Regulations : Highlight of PABA Championship Rules

The rules and regulations governing the WBA world championship title match shall be mandatory for every fight sanctioned by the Pan Asian Boxing Association(PABA) and will prevail over any rules and regulations enforced locally.

1.	The fight will be scheduled for twelve (12) rounds of 3 minutes duration and 1 minute rest period

2.	The "Ten (10) Point Must System" shall be used to score each round.

3.	Scoring of Incomplete rounds:

If by any reason the fight ends in the middle of a round that has not lasted 3 minutes, it shall be considered an "Incomplete round". Its scoring will be as follow;

when in that round one or both contenders have gotten point or points deductions, the judges will register the sanction in his score cards, so that if the fight has to be stopped in that incomplete round and it were necessary to go to the score cards, the point or pointes deducted by the referee must be registered so that the Supervisor makes the deduction in the master score cards.

b)	in any other case where the decision is technical and that it is necessary to go the scorecards to determine the winer of the bout.

4.	The Weigh-In ceremony will be held _______________________, at _____________hours. The official scale will be at the disposal of the boxers at least two(2) hours prior to the weigh-in ceremony.

5.	The "Three Knockdown Rule" will be in effect and glove will be _______oz.

6.	There will be no standing eight count.

7.	Bell can not save the knocked-down boxer in any round

8.	Low Blow A boxer who is hit by low blow must continue after a rest period of five (5) minutes or less as determined by the Referee, or he will lose the fight by Technical Knocked Out (TKO).

Fouls

Intentional blows -

When a boxer should intentionally punch an unfair blow to his opponent, and as result, an injury or wound is produced, and due to its seriousness the injured boxer could not continue the fight, the boxer who intentionally punched the unfair blow lose by Disqualification.
The offender will also lose by Disqualification when his opponent gets cut by an intentional head-butt and cannot continue fighting.

Should under the same circumstances (intentional unfair blow) the fight be resumed the referee shall penalize the offender by deducting points, depending on the severity of the offense.
If the fight continues and in subsequent round the fight is stopped because the same injury becomes worse, then;

Technical Draw : If the injured boxer is in disadvantage or in a draw in the scorecards of the judges, or in case that no more than four(4) rounds have passed by to stop the fight.

Technical Decision : Favorable to the injured boxer if he is ahead on the scorecards provided that four(4) complete rounds have passed by.
Should a boxer injures himself trying to cause a wound to his opponent, the referee shall make no decision in his favor, and the injury or wound shall be considered as it produced by a fair blow from his opponent.

Accidential blows -

If a fighter is accidentally injured and the fight cannot continue, or if the fight does continue and, consequently, the injury becomes severe enough to stop the fight, then the decision to call shall be as follow;

Technical Draw : In case that both boxers are in a draw in the scorecards, or in case that no more than four(4) rounds have passed at the time referee stopped the fight.

Technical Decision : In favor of the boxer that is in advantage in the judges' scorecards provided the fourth (4th) round has been completed.

Head Butts -

If an intentional head butt produced a cut or wound, the referee will automatically deduct two(2) points to the butting boxer.

10.	Referee The referee is only person authorized to stop the fight and or to decide whether an injury and wound was caused by a legal or an illegal blow or by intentional or accidential.

11.	Anti-Doping Test For anti-doping test, specimen of urine will be taken after the fight.

12.	The boxers should only drink pure water during the event.

13.

Mouthpiece

When, for whatever reason, the boxer loses his mouthpiece, the referee will proceed to place it back at the most convenient moment, according to his judgements.
The fight itself can not be stopped by reason of loss or ejection of the mouthpiece. The referee exercise full authority to prevent a boxer from ejecting his mouthpiece intentionally, and may discount point(s) on account of his behavior.

14.

Suspension of a Fight for Unexpected Reasons

If the fight has to be suspended before the end of the scheduled 12 rounds because of any unpredictable or accidential reason, the boxer who is ahead on the score cards will be declared the winner by Technical Decision, as long as they have fought four (4) complete rounds.
Before the completion of the 4th round, the decision will be a Technical Draw.

15.

Bandage

In every world championship fight of the WBA, the quantity of tape and the bandaging material to be used are stipulated in Article 11 of championship regulations.
Technicalities as to the ways and style of bandaging the hands are left to the boxers, but on no account can the surgical tape reach beyond or cover the knuckles.

16.

Bell rings

If a blow is delivered at the same time the bell rings, it shall be considered as legal blow and consequently the referee shall act according to the rules, that is, begin the count to the fallen boxer.
If a blow is delivered accidentally after the bell rings, so determined by the referee, and the fight could not continue, the judges score cards shall be consulted and shall be declared the winner the boxer who is ahead in the score cards by Technical Decision.
If these accidential case happened in four(4) complete rounds have not taken place, the decision will be Technical Draw.

17.

Supervisor

The supervisor appointed by the President to act in the PABA championship fight is the representative of the PABA.
His duties are to assist and help the local Commission with regard to the handling of the fight, and to make sure that all the WBA Rules and regulations for the championship fights are complied with.
He has full authority to take whatever steps he may consider necessary to safeguard the good name of the Pan Asian Boxing Association and the best interest of all parties concerned.

Weight limit per category

- Heavyweight	over 200 lbs	over 90.710 kgs
- Cruiserweight	200 lbs	90.710 kgs
- Light Heavyweight	175 lbs	79.380 kgs
- Super Middleweight	168 lbs	76.200 kgs
- Middleweight	160 lbs	72.570 kgs
- Super Welterweight	154 lbs	69.850 kgs
- Welterweight	147 lbs	66.680 kgs
- Super Lightweight	140 lbs	63.500 kgs
- Lightweight	135 lbs	61.230 kgs
- Super Featherweight	130 lbs	58.970 kgs
- Featherweight	126 lbs	57.150 kgs
- Super Bantamweight	122 lbs	55.340 kgs
- Bantamweight	118 lbs	53.520 kgs
- Super Flyweight	115 lbs	52.160 kgs
- Flyweight	112 lbs	50.800 kgs
- Light Flyweight	108 lbs	48.990 kgs
- Minimumweight	105 lbs	47.630 kgs

Gloves

8 ounces	from Minimum up to included Welterweight
10 ounces	from Super Welterweight up to included Heavyweight