South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 20 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION- STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION
Subchapter 3 - RING SAFETY
Section 20-3.7 - Compulsory and Discretionary Eight Count; Three Knockdowns in One Round

Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 20-3.7

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024

1. A compulsory count of eight (8) must be taken by every boxer who is knocked down by a punch and he/she must take the count whether reclining or standing.

2. The referee may declare a standing eight (8) count at any time.

3. In the interest of safeguarding the health and welfare of a boxer engaged in ring combat, three (3) knockdowns in any one round shall be regarded as a technical knockout and the referee shall halt a contest. The referee is counseled that a man's condition may justify stopping a contest in less than three (3) knockdowns. The referee will exercise his/her judgment to determine whether or not any one of all such knockdowns shall be the results of decisive blows by the opponent. If in the referee's judgment the knockdowns have been indecisive and clearly with no injurious effect upon the boxer, the contest may be continued with the boxer's welfare always paramount.

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