15 USC § 6307b - Protection from coercive contracts

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s6307b"
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title: "15 USC § 6307b - Protection from coercive contracts"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "6307b"
section_name: "Protection from coercive contracts"
chapter_number: 89
chapter_name: "PROFESSIONAL BOXING SAFETY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 104–272, § 10, as added Pub. L. 106–210, § 4(2), May 26, 2000, 114 Stat. 322.)"
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# § 6307b. Protection from coercive contracts

**(a)** **General rule**

**(1)**

**(A)** A contract provision shall be considered to be in restraint of trade, contrary to public policy, and unenforceable against any boxer to the extent that it—

**(i)** is a coercive provision described in subparagraph (B) and is for a period greater than 12 months; or

**(ii)** is a coercive provision described in subparagraph (B) and the other boxer under contract to the promoter came under that contract pursuant to a coercive provision described in subparagraph (B).

**(B)** A coercive provision described in this subparagraph is a contract provision that grants any rights between a boxer and a promoter, or between promoters with respect to a boxer, if the boxer is required to grant such rights, or a boxer’s promoter is required to grant such rights with respect to a boxer to another promoter, as a condition precedent to the boxer’s participation in a professional boxing match against another boxer who is under contract to the promoter.

**(2)** This subsection shall only apply to contracts entered into after May 26, 2000.

**(3)** No subsequent contract provision extending any rights or compensation covered in paragraph (1) shall be enforceable against a boxer if the effective date of the contract containing such provision is earlier than 3 months before the expiration of the relevant time period set forth in paragraph (1).

**(b)** **Promotional rights under mandatory bout contracts** No boxing service provider may require a boxer to grant any future promotional rights as a requirement of competing in a professional boxing match that is a mandatory bout under the rules of a sanctioning organization.

**(c)** **Protection from coercive contracts with broadcasters** Subsection (a) of this section applies to any contract between a commercial broadcaster and a boxer, or granting any rights with respect to that boxer, involving a broadcast in or affecting interstate commerce, regardless of the broadcast medium. For the purpose of this subsection, any reference in subsection (a)(1)(B) to “promoter” shall be considered a reference to “commercial broadcaster”.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 104–272, § 10, as added Pub. L. 106–210, § 4(2), May 26, 2000, 114 Stat. 322.)

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