Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. A boxer shall be
considered to have suffered a knockdown if a:
(1) Part of the body other than the feet is
on the ring floor;
(2) Boxer is
hanging helplessly over the ropes;
(3) Boxer is rising from a down position;
or
(4) Boxer is knocked through the
ropes.
B. A boxer may
only suffer a knockdown by a punch.
C. The following procedures shall apply to a
knockdown count:
(1) The referee shall order
the opponent to retire to the farthest corner of the ring by pointing to the
corner and immediately begin the count over the boxer who is down;
(2) The referee shall audibly announce the
passing of the seconds by accompanying the count with motions of the arm with
the downward motion indicating the end of each second;
(3) A boxer who has suffered a knockdown may
not resume boxing until the referee has finished a mandatory eight
count;
(4) A boxer may take the
count either on the floor or standing;
(5) The knockdown timekeeper, by effective
signaling, shall give the referee the correct 1-second interval for the count;
and
(6) The referee's count shall
be the official count.
D. The following events may interrupt a
knockdown count:
(1) If the boxer's opponent
fails to stay in the farthest corner, the count may not continue until the
opponent has returned to the proper corner;
(2) If the boxer suffering the knockdown
count rises during the count, the referee may stop the count to determine if
the boxer is fit to continue; or
(3) If the referee determines that the boxer
can continue, the referee shall cease the count and order both boxers to
continue the contest.
E.
A boxer not rising from a knockdown before the count of ten shall be declared
knocked out by the referee's waving both arms, and the boxer's opponent shall
be declared the winner of the contest.
F. If both boxers suffer a knockdown, the
referee shall continue the knockdown count as long as one boxer remains in the
condition described in §A of this regulation.
G. If neither boxer in §F of this
regulation is able to rise before the count of ten, the contest shall be
declared to be a technical draw.
H.
The following procedures shall apply for all rounds in a contest:
(1) A referee's knockdown count may not be
interrupted by the conclusion of the round; and
(2) If the referee's knockdown count extends
beyond the conclusion of the round, but the boxer suffering the knockdown rises
before the count of ten and the referee determines that the boxer can continue,
the referee shall give the command to box and the gong shall then be rung
immediately to end the round.
I. A boxer who suffers a knockdown and fails
to rise before the count of ten shall be considered to have been knocked out in
the round in which the boxer suffered the ten-count knockdown.
J. If a boxer rises after suffering a
knockdown and immediately assumes a position described in §A of this
regulation, without being struck, the referee shall resume the count from when
it was interrupted.
