New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 15 - GAMBLING AND LIQUOR CONTROL
Chapter 6 - BOXING, WRESTLING AND MARTIAL ARTS
Part 19 - CONDUCT OF BARE-KNUCKLE CONTESTS
Section 15.6.19.31 - TECHNICAL KNOCKOUTS; TECHNICAL DECISIONS; TECHNICAL DRAWS; DISQUALIFICATIONS; NO CONTESTS

Universal Citation: 15 NM Admin Code 15.6.19.31

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. Technical knockouts.

(1) When a cut is produced by a legal punch and the contest is stopped because of that cut, the injured fighter shall lose by a technical knockout and the commissions shall enter the letters TKO in the record.

(2) When a referee stops a contest to save any contestant from further punishment, he must award the other contestant the decision by a technical knockout.

(3) If a fighter sustains an injury from a fair blow and the injury is severe enough to terminate the bout, the injured fighter will lose by a TKO.
(a) Any contestant losing by a TKO shall receive a minimum of a 30 day medical suspension.

(b) Any contestant losing by a KO shall receive a minimum of a 60 day medical suspension.

B. Technical decisions.

(1) In the case where a clear and intentional foul causes an injury and the injury results in the contest being stopped in a later round, the injured contestant will win by a technical decision if he is ahead on the score cards.

(2) If the accidental foul occurs after the completion of four rounds and the bout must be stopped immediately because the fouled contestant is injured severely enough that he cannot continue, a technical decision shall be awarded to the contestant who is ahead on the score cards at the time the bout is stopped.
(a) Partial or incomplete rounds will be scored.

(b) At the discretion of the Judges, if no action has occurred, the round may be scored as an even round.

(3) If in the later rounds, the injury has worsened as a result of legal blows, and the injured fighter cannot continue, a decision shall be rendered by referring to the scorecards. The judges, who must inform the commission and both contestants that the foul is the result of an accidental foul, shall score partial rounds.

C. Technical draws.

(1) In the case where a clear and intentional foul causes an injury and the injury results in the contest being stopped in a later round, a technical draw will be declared if the injured contestant is even or behind on the scorecards.

(2) If an accidental foul occurs before the completion of four rounds and the injured contestant cannot continue, the contest will be declared a technical draw.

D. Disqualifications.

(1) In the case where an intentional foul causes an injury, and the injury is severe enough to terminate the bout immediately; the contestant causing the injury shall lose by disqualification, even if he is the injured contestant.

(2) If the referee deems that a contestant has conducted himself in an un-sportsman-like manner, he may stop the bout and disqualify that contestant.

E. No contests: If, before four rounds are completed in a contest, an accidental foul causes an injury severe enough for the referee to stop the bout immediately, the bout will result in a no contest.

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