Association of Boxing Commissions 38th Annual Conference Agenda - July 31-August 5, 2026

Sep 13, 2026

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Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) 38th Annual Conference agenda outlines a multi-day schedule held July 31 through August 5, 2026 in Orlando, Florida. The program includes official training registrations, sport-specific referee and judge training/testing across boxing, MMA, bare knuckle, and Muay Thai, plus inspector training. It also covers medical and safety sessions such as ringside physician life support and concussion evaluation, committee updates for boxing/MMA/bare knuckle rules, administrative reports, headshots, social events, and conference reception.

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Friday, July 31, 2026

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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Association of Boxing Commissions 38th Annual Conference Agenda July 31-August 5, 2026 Orlando, FL | Friday, July 31, 2026 | | | Event Room | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 8:00 AM | 5:00 PM | Registration for Officials Training Classes | Coral Foyer | | 9:00 AM | 1:00 PM | Downed Fighter Life Support: For Combative Sports Ringside Physcians Introduction, Referees, and Inspectors-Dr. Durkin, Dr. Muzzi, Dr. Velasco | Martinique 2-3 | | | | | | | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Bare Knuckle Medicine: For Combative Sports Ringside Physicians Introduction, Referees, and Inspectors-Dr. Durkin, Dr. Muzzi | Martinique 2-3 | | | | | | | 5:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Bare Knuckle Referee Training & Testing-Chris Young | Martinique 2-3 | | Saturday, August 1, 2026 | | | Event Room | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 8:00 AM | 4:00 PM | Registration for Officials Training | Coral Foyer | | 8:30 AM | 3:30 PM | Boxing Judge Training & Testing-Steve Weisfeld | Martinique 2-3 | | 8:30 AM | 3:30 PM | MMA Referee Training & Testing-Blake Grice | Martinique 4-5 | | 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Headshots | Coral Foyer/Hall | | 4:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Bare Knuckle Judge Training & Testing-Chris Young | Martinique 2-3 | | 4:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Muay Thai Judge Class-Bryan Miner | Martinique 4-5 | | Sunday, August 2, 2026 | | | Event Room | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 8:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Registration for Officials Training Classes (Only) | Coral Foyer | | 8:30 AM | 3:30 PM | Boxing Referee Training & Testing-Jack Reiss | Martinique 2-3 | | 8:30 AM | 3:30 PM | MMA Judge Training & Testing-Blake Grice | Martinique 4-5 | | 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Registration for General Session for Conference Attendees | Coral Foyer | | 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Headshots | Coral Foyer/Hall | | 4:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Muay Thai Referee Class-Bryan Miner | Martinique 2-3 | | 4:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Inspector Training & Testing-Tim Shipman | Martinuque 4-5 | | 6:30 PM | 7:30 PM | Conference Welcome Reception-Sponsored by Cleto Reyes and Caribe Royale | Stadium Club | | Monday, August 3, 2026 | | | Event Room | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 7:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Registration for General Session for Conference Attendees | Coral Foyer | | 8:30 AM | 8:45 AM | Welcome to Orlando-Amaury Peidra, Caribe Royale Hotel Manager | Coral A-B | | 8:45 AM | 9:00AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks- Melanie Griffin | | | 9:00AM | 9:25AM | Self-Introduction of Attendees & Affiliation | | | 9:25AM | 9:30AM | Approval of 2025 Minutes | | | 9:30AM | 9:45AM | Financial Report | | | 9:45AM | 10:00AM | Boxing Rules Committee Update | | | 10:00AM | 10:15AM | MMA Rules Committee Update | | | 10:15AM | 10:30AM | Bare Knuckle Committee Update | | | 10:30 AM | 10:45 AM | Break | | | 10:45 AM | 11:15 AM | Combat Registry-Chris Palmquist | | | 11:15 AM | 11:45 AM | BoxRec Update-Dr. Marina Sheppard/John Sheppard | | | 11:45 AM | 12:30 PM | Group Photo | | | 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM | Lunch on Your Own | | | 1:30 PM | 1:45PM | Muay Thai Committee Update | | | 1:45PM | 2:00PM | Appeals Committee Update | | | 2:00PM | 2:15PM | Social Media & Website Committee Update-Heather Turner | | | 2:45PM | 3:15PM | International Membership-Gus Calderon, Steve Yakima | | | 3:15PM | 4:00PM | Boutlook-Jeff Thomas | | | 4:00 PM | 4:30 PM | BoxRec Operations (Private session, commissions only ) | | | 4:30 PM | 5:00 PM | Tribal Commission Meeting-Haskell Alexander | | | 4:30 PM | 5:00 PM | New Commission Orientation Meeting | | | 7:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Retired Fighter's Fund Cocktail Hour | Coral C | | 8:00 PM | 9:30 PM | RFF fundraiser-Trivia Night | Coral C | | Tuesday, August 4, 2026 | | | Event Room | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 7:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Final Registration | Coral Foyer | | 8:30 AM | 8:45AM | Medical Committee report-Andy Foster | Coral A-B | | 8:45 AM | 9:00 AM | ABC Ringside/Cageside Physician Certification Program-Dr. Michael Schwartz | | | 9:00 AM | 9:30 AM | Knees to the head of grounded opponent-Dr. Lou Durkin | | | 9:30 AM

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What medical or health-focused sessions appear in the schedule?

Sessions include Downed Fighter Life Support, neurologic evaluation of the concussed fighter, rapid saliva concussion testing, and concussion-related panels and questions.

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