Amateur Free Boxing

Amateur Free Boxing moves closer to how well techniques really work. The aim is to make your opponent give up, through strikes or submissions. This is the format used at the French Cups, which bring the discipline’s clubs together every year.

The French Cups

Since 2019, Olivier Blanco has also organised the Free Boxing French Cup. It is the event for experienced competitors and a chance to test yourself against other clubs.

Key points from the amateur rules

• 18 to 35: one 3-minute round, full contact, with a final of two 3-minute rounds.
• Masters, over 35: one 2-minute round, semi-contact, with a compulsory decision.
• Wins by decision, by the opponent giving up, by the towel being thrown in or by knockout.
• Banned: elbows to the head, open-hand strikes, strikes to the eyes, throat and spine, strikes on a grounded opponent.

The full rules are published by the International Mix Fighting System Federation.

Rules and refereeing

Amateur rules available to download (PDF to be supplied).