§ 18887 Boxer Medical Retirement Benefits

• •The commission can decide to give a medical early retirement benefit.
• •The payment equals the boxer’s pension account balance at the time of the award.
• •Receiving this payment means the boxer will not get a regular pension later.

A boxer suffers a serious injury that stops them from fighting. The commission decides to give them a lump‑sum payment from their pension account now, and the boxer will not receive monthly pension payments in the future.

Because the commission can award a medical early retirement benefit, the boxer gets the amount that was in their pension account at the time of the award, and that payment replaces any future pension.