Kentucky promoter bonds.
From $100.
Kentucky conditions a promoter license on a $10,000 surety bond filed with the Boxing and Wrestling Commission — priced at 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. Your exact price appears at the short application.
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How much does a Kentucky promoter bond cost?
$100 for the $10,000 bond: 1% of the bond amount.
Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Commission
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Boxing and Wrestling Commission promoter application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Kentucky regulates professional boxing, professional wrestling, and mixed martial arts through the Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Commission, and conditions a promoter license on a surety bond. The bond is a performance and payment guarantee — it stands behind the purses, taxes, and obligations a promoter owes when staging a regulated event.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky (the obligee), with athletes and the Commission as the protected parties. If a promoter fails to pay a contracted purse or violates the combat-sports statutes, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Promoters who pay their fighters and follow the rules treat the bond as a license formality.
You need this bond if you're
Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $10,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the Commission. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Boxing and Wrestling Commission promoter application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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From $100, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.