For purposes of this chapter:
((1)) ** Boxer** The term “boxer” means an individual who fights in a professional boxing match.
((2)) ** Boxing commission**
((A)) The term “boxing commission” means an entity authorized under State law to regulate professional boxing matches.
((3)) ** Boxer registry** The term “boxer registry” means any entity certified by the Association of Boxing Commissions for the purposes of maintaining records and identification of boxers.
((4)) ** Licensee** The term “licensee” means an individual who serves as a trainer, second, or cut man for a boxer.
((5)) ** Manager** The term “manager” means a person who receives compensation for service as an agent or representative of a boxer.
((6)) ** Matchmaker** The term “matchmaker” means a person that proposes, selects, and arranges the boxers to participate in a professional boxing match.
((7)) ** Physician** The term “physician” means a doctor of medicine legally authorized to practice medicine by the State in which the physician performs such function or action.
((8)) ** Professional boxing match** The term “professional boxing match” means a boxing contest held in the United States between individuals for financial compensation. Such term does not include a boxing contest that is regulated by an amateur sports organization.
((9)) ** Promoter** The term “promoter” means the person primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing a professional boxing match. The term “promoter” does not include a hotel, casino, resort, or other commercial establishment hosting or sponsoring a professional boxing match unless—
((A)) the hotel, casino, resort, or other commercial establishment is primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing the match; and
((B)) there is no other person primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing the match.
((10)) ** State** The term “State” means each of the 50 States, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and any territory or possession of the United States, including the Virgin Islands.
((11)) ** Effective date of the contract** The term “effective date of the contract” means the day upon which a boxer becomes legally bound by the contract.
((12)) ** Boxing service provider** The term “boxing service provider” means a promoter, manager, sanctioning body, licensee, or matchmaker.
((13)) ** Contract provision** The term “contract provision” means any legal obligation between a boxer and a boxing service provider.
((14)) ** Sanctioning organization** The term “sanctioning organization” means an organization that sanctions professional boxing matches in the United States—
((A)) between boxers who are residents of different States; or
((B)) that are advertised, otherwise promoted, or broadcast (including closed circuit television) in interstate commerce.
((15)) ** Suspension** The term “suspension” includes within its meaning the revocation of a boxing license.