Pro Boxing Created guidelines for game resumption from July 20:08, May 15
The JBC = Japan Boxing Commission and others have created guidelines for hosting matches, including requiring athletes to report their health status, with the aim of resuming professional boxing games this July.
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, professional boxing has been canceled since March 28th, and some gyms are starting to move from July.
JBC and Japan Professional Boxing Association held discussions on the 15th and established guidelines for restarting the game.
The guideline requires submission of a report on the health status of athletes, and in the game, either no spectators are allowed, or even if they are allowed, only reserved seats will be left and each seat will be separated by one-third of the total number. I am going to.
It also means that there will be up to 8 matches per day, and that judges and trainers who score the match must wear masks and gloves.
At the moment, Japan title match and Toyo Pacific title match are scheduled for July 16 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, and if it is confirmed, it will be the first match after the restart.
“We are watching the situation, but I think that if we follow the guidelines, it will be a direction to allow the event,” said JBC's Go Yasukouchi Executive Director.
Hideyuki Kanda, a professor at Okayama University, who participated in the discussion as a public health expert said, "Boxing is a sport where people are in contact with each other, and at this point it is not 100% okay. That will be the premise of the event. "