NYS Inspector General Finds Pappas Allegations Unsubstantiated, Adds New Rules
By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent
New York, NY (May 28th, 2013)– The May 2013 report of investigation of the State of New York Office of the State Inspector General has determined allegations of Bryant Pappas regarding his May 12, 2012 six round match against Josh Williams were unsubstantiated, but added new rules. New York State Athletic Commissioner Malvina Lathan and NYSAC Chief Inspector Felix Figueroa were found to have acted properly in following all rules and procedures of the commission, and were cleared of wrongdoing. However, some rules required updating for purposes of clarity, which the Inspector General determined led to confusion by Pappas regarding his bout, which Pappas fairly lost.
Report of Inspector General http://ig.ny.gov/pdfs/PappasPublicReport5-7-13.pdf
Upon investigation, the Inspector General determined that while Pappas’s
allegations were not substantiated, a number of New York State Athletic Commission rules and procedures regarding boxing gloves were deficient and required updating, uniformity, and publication. These include: the commission’s process for approval of new brands or styles of boxing gloves; and the process involving the inspection of gloves and the taping of boxers’ hands before matches.
In a letter dated April 17, 2013, New York State Department of State General Counsel Susan L. Watson responded to the Inspector General’s report. Watson stated to achieve immediate results and address the items identified in the report, the New York State Athletic Commission has issued, or will issue and implement, new instructional documents and procedures. The Commission is memorializing these procedures in a new procedure manual, which is expected to be approved by the Commission in an open meeting on or before July 2013, outlined as follows:
1. The Commission has created an approved list of acceptable boxing gloves and has
published that list by posting it on the Commission’s Web site.
2. The Commission has published a Notice to All Boxers and Camps regarding the
use of gloves, stating that: “No boxer will be permitted to use gloves which are
not on the pre-approved list. Boxers and their camps must seek Commission
approval no later than the weigh-in ceremony to use gloves other than those
provided by the promoter. The gloves provided by the boxer and/or his/her camp
must be new, in the manufacturer’s original sealed packaging. If the Commission
receives a request from a boxer to use his/her gloves, then the Commission shall
advise his/her opponent of the request and allow the opponent to observe that the
gloves are new and properly sealed and of a type, model and size approved by the
Commission. Boxers and their camps are not permitted to show up at the venue
with gloves which do not comply with this notice. It will be in the Commission’s
sole discretion as to whether the proposed gloves will be permitted.”
3. The Commission will implement new procedures for the Commission’s review of
boxing gloves makes, models, and sizes for general approval.
4. As to the signing of a boxer’s wrappings and gloves, the Commission Chair has
issued a memorandum to Deputy Commissioners and Inspectors directly
informing them that each inspector supervising the gloving process shall be
required to sign his/her name on the tape placed over the laces once the gloves are
placed on the boxer’s hands.
5. To document proper gloving at events, the Commission has already revised its
“Inspector Worksheet,” which now allows for notating the make, size and
condition of the gloves being used.
6. The Commission will incorporate acknowledgments confirming the training of
inspectors at its annual training seminars.
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