Are there special requirements for boxing and wrestling events?
The Connecticut Department of Public Safety licenses boxers, referees, timekeepers, managers, seconds, and promoters. For further details, contact the agency directly: (860) 685-8290, (860) 682-8354 (Mike Kostrzewa), or dps.spec.licensing@po.state.ct.us. Also, local approval may be required from the town in which the event takes place. Note: According to the Connecticut General Statutes the following regulations also apply: Sec.29-143v. Age limitation for boxing and wrestling. No person under eighteen years of age shall engage in any professional boxing match or wrestling exhibition and no person under sixteen years of age shall engage in any amateur boxing match or amateur wrestling exhibition except a match or exhibition held under the supervision of a school, college or university having an academic course of study or the athletic association connected with such school, college or university or held under the auspices of any amateur athletic association that has been determined by t
