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KD5NRH wrote:OK, so what governs two people putting on boxing gloves and pads, and having a match out in the back yard? No advertising or admission fees; just two people consensually doing things to each other calculated to cause bodily injury? (By the definition of bodily injury presented in the penal code, ("physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition") the only non-assaultive way you could ever win a boxing match is by standing around until your opponent gets bored and leaves.)

Theoretically, nothing...but common sense will generally prevail. First off, unless someone calls the police to complain, there is no potential offense to be investigated...it never happened. Secondly...assuming some uninvolved third party called it in, and the police responded and found a couple of buddies just having a friendly match, or actually doing some serious sparring in or out of a gym setting, I doubt that any type of charges would be filed. Otherwise, the same charges would apply to any legitimate boxing gym, martial arts dojo, and so forth. COULD an officer make them "take the ride"? Sure, but again, I'd hope that common sense and some discretion would be used.