New York Laws
Article 41 - Combative Sports
1018 - Prohibited Conduct.

§ 1018. Prohibited conduct. 1. No corporation or person shall have,
either directly or indirectly, any financial interest in a professional
boxer competing on premises owned or leased by the corporation or
person, or in which such corporation or person is otherwise interested
except pursuant to the specific written authorization of the commission.

2. No contestant in a boxing or sparring match or exhibition shall be
paid for services before the contest, and should it be determined by the
commission that such contestant did not give an honest exhibition of his
or her skill, such services shall not be paid for.

3. Any person, including any corporation and the officers thereof, any
physician, referee, judge, timekeeper, professional, manager, trainer or
second, who shall promote, conduct, give or participate in any sham or
collusive authorized professional combative sports, shall be deprived of
his or her license by the commission and any other appropriate legal
remedies.

4. No licensed promoter or matchmaker shall knowingly engage in a
course of conduct in which fights are arranged where one professional
has skills or experience significantly in excess of the other
professional so that a mismatch results with the potential of physical
harm to the professional.