Alaska Administrative Code
Title 12 - Professional Regulations
Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing
Chapter 06 - Athletic Commission
Article 2 - Professional Boxing Contest Requirements
12 AAC 06.230 - Downed contestant

Universal Citation: 12 AK Admin Code 06.230

Current through February 24, 2025

(a) If a contestant is down, as described in 12 AAC 06.250, the referee shall order the opponent to retire to the farthest neutral corner of the ring, pointing to the corner, and shall immediately begin a 10-second count over the contestant who is down.

(b) The referee shall audibly announce the passing of the seconds, accompanying the count with motions of the referee's arm, the downward motion indicating the end of each second.

(c) The timekeeper, by effective signalling, shall give the referee the correct one-second interval for the count. The referee's count is the official count. Once the referee picks up the count from the timekeeper, the timekeeper shall cease counting. A contestant who is down may not resume boxing until the referee has finished counting to eight.

(d) If the opponent of the downed contestant fails to stay in the farthest corner, the referee shall cease counting until the opponent has returned to that corner, and shall then go on with the count from the point at which it was interrupted. If the contestant who is down rises during the count, the referee may step between the contestants long enough to be assured that the contestant just risen is in condition to continue. If so assured, the referee shall, without loss of time, order both contestants to go on with the contest. During the intervention by the referee, the striking of a blow by either contestant may be ruled a foul.

(e) If a contestant is knocked out, the referee shall perform a full 10-second count in order to avoid confusion as to the termination of the contest. If the downed contestant is still down when the referee calls the count of 10, the referee shall wave both arms to indicate that the contestant has been knocked out, and shall raise the hand of the opponent as the winner.

(f) If both contestants go down at the same time, the count must be continued as long as one is still down. If both contestants remain down until the count of 10, the contest must be stopped, and the decision is a technical draw.

(g) If a contestant is down, and the referee is in the course of counting at the end of

(1) a round other than the final round, the gong indicating the end of the round may not be sounded during the count, but must be sounded either as soon as the downed contestant regains his or her feet and the referee gives the command "Box" or at the end of the count whichever occurs first; if the end of the count occurs first, the downed contestant is considered to have lost the contest by a knockout in the round just concluded; or

(2) the final round, the gong must be sounded indicating the end of the round and the contest; the downed contestant is considered to have lost the contest by a knockout in the final round.

(h) A contestant who is down three times in the same round automatically loses the contest by knockout.

Authority:AS 05.05.020(b)

AS 05.10.010

AS 05.10.020

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