1924 California Proposition 7
{{Short description|Boxing and wrestling contests}}
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California Proposition 7 was a 1924 California ballot initiative regarding the status of boxing and wrestling contests in the state. The measure passed with 51 percent of the popular vote.BOXING AND WRESTLING CONTESTS California Proposition 7 (1924). https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/188 The measure legalized prize fights{{Cite web |title=California legalizes boxing after 10-year ban {{!}} November 4, 1924 |url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/california-legalizes-boxing |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=HISTORY |language=en}} and established the California State Athletic Commission to regulate boxing.{{Cite web |title=BACKGROUND PAPER FOR THE CALIFORNIA STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION Joint Oversight Hearing, February 26, 2019 |url=https://abp.assembly.ca.gov/sites/abp.assembly.ca.gov/files/Sunset%202019%20Background%20Paper%20CSAC.pdf}}{{Cite journal |last=Millspaugh |first=Peter |date=1994-08-01 |title=The Federal Regulation of Professional Boxing: Will Congress Answer the Bell? |url=https://scholarship.shu.edu/shlj/vol19/iss1/4 |journal=Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=41}}
The law permitted "10-round decision bouts and 12-round no decision bouts in California, under the supervision of a state boxing and wrestling commission, appointed by the governor." The law went into effect beginning approximately February 1925.{{Cite web |title=San Pedro News Pilot 7 November 1924 — California Digital Newspaper Collection |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SPNP19241107.2.9 |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=cdnc.ucr.edu}} Prior to the passage of the 1924 boxing bill, "The original state Constitution outlawed prize fighting. Later amateur boxing was allowed. Professional bouts occurred anyway, but underground."{{Cite web |last=Skelton |first=George |date=2016-06-13 |title=Capitol Journal: Should barbaric boxing be KOd? |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-muhammad-ali-death-20160613-snap-story.html |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}