Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC
4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 15.
The following are the types of bout results:
(1) Technical knockout (TKO): When a bout
ends by referee stoppage due to an:
(A)
instance where the referee believes a professional boxer is entering a state of
unconsciousness and is therefore unable to defend himself or herself;
or
(B) injury as a result of a
legal blow that is severe enough to prematurely stop the bout.
(2) Knockout (KO): When a bout
ends as a result of the failure of a professional boxer, after being deemed
down due to legal blows or weakness, to rise from the fighting area floor by
the end of the referee's ten (10) count.
(3) Decisions via scorecards, as follows:
(A) Unanimous decision (UD): When the three
(3) judges score the bout in favor of the same professional boxer.
(B) Majority decision (MD): When two (2)
judges score the bout in favor of the same professional boxer and one (1) judge
scores a draw.
(C) Split decision
(SD): When two (2) judges score the bout in favor of one (1) professional boxer
and one (1) judge scores in favor of the opponent.
(4) Draws via scorecards, as follows:
(A) Unanimous draw (UDR): When the three (3)
judges score the bout a draw.
(B)
Majority draw (MDR): When two (2) judges score the bout a draw.
(C) Split draw (SDR): When the three (3)
judges score the bout differently and the score total results in a
draw.
(5)
Disqualification (DQ): When a bout ends due to:
(A) an injury sustained during a bout as a
result of an intentional foul and the injured professional boxer is immediately
unable to continue as a result of the injury; or
(B) a combination of fouls defined in this
rule that the referee determines is severe enough to warrant the immediate
stoppage of the bout.
(6)
Forfeit (FT): When a professional boxer:
(A)
fails to begin a bout; or
(B)
prematurely ends a bout; for reasons other than injury.
(7) Technical draw (TDR): When a bout is
prematurely stopped, due to:
(A) an injury as
a result of an intentional foul that was committed at an earlier point in the
bout and the injured professional boxer is even or behind on the score
cards;
(B) an injury as a result of
an accidental foul and at least:
(i) three (3)
of four (4) scheduled rounds; or
(ii) four (4) of five (5) or more scheduled
rounds; have been completed at the time of stoppage and the professional boxers
are tied on the score cards;
(C) the referee's determination that both
professional boxers are in a condition that might subject the professional
boxers to serious injury if the bout were allowed to continue; or
(D) the failure of both professional boxers,
after being deemed down by the referee due to legal blows or weakness, to rise
from the fighting area floor by the end of the referee's ten (10)
count.
(8) Technical
decision (TD): When a bout is prematurely stopped due to an injury as a result
of an:
(A) intentional foul that was committed
at an earlier point in the bout and the injured professional boxer is leading
on the score cards; or
(B)
accidental foul and at least:
(i) three (3) of
four (4) scheduled rounds; or
(ii)
four (4) of five (5) or more scheduled rounds; have been completed at the time
of stoppage; in which case the decision goes to the professional boxer who is
ahead on the score cards.
(9) No decision (ND): When a bout is
prematurely stopped, due to an injury as a result of an accidental foul, before
the completion of at least:
(A) three (3) of
four (4) scheduled rounds; or
(B)
four (4) of five (5) or more scheduled rounds; at the time of stoppage.
