House Committee Clears Boxing Overhaul Bill, Sending Ali Act Update to Floor

The measure advances a UFC-style framework with exclusive promotion, pay floors, strengthened medical coverage, plus limits on contract length.

Overview

H.R. 4624 passed the House Education and Workforce Committee in a 30–4 bipartisan vote and now awaits consideration by the full House.
The bill would authorize Unified Boxing Organizations that can use exclusive fighter contracts, promotional rankings, and titles.
Amendments set a $200 minimum pay per round, raised required medical insurance to $50,000, and updated eye, bloodwork, and brain health testing schedules.
Additional changes cap contracts at six years, require an offered bout at least every six months or compensation, and permit contact with other promoters 30 days before expiration.
The committee also backed having two doctors and two ambulances at UBO bouts and proposed limiting sanctioning bodies to one belt per weight class as supporters praised the vote and critics warned of harm to smaller promoters.