Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING
Agency 120 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL REGULATION
Chapter 40 - VIRGINIA PROFESSIONAL BOXING AND WRESTING EVENTS REGULATIONS
Part VII - Event Licensing and Conduct Standards for Boxing
Section 18VAC120-40-360 - Scoring of boxing contest, decisions, and announcement of decisions
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. Each contest shall be scored by the judges approved and assigned by the department or its contractor. The referee will not score the contest. The scoring will be done on the 10 point must system. Judges will score each round based on clean punches (power versus quantity), effective aggressiveness, ring generalship, and defense. In a bout that is stopped in the middle of the round, the judges shall score all incomplete or partial rounds as if they were a complete round. Judges may deduct points for knockdowns only when they are called as such by the referee and for fouls when they are instructed to do so by the referee. Judges should avoid scoring a round even. At the end of each round, the score cards shall be presented to the event inspector or his designee who shall examine the score cards. The winner shall be the boxer who receives the highest score from the majority of the judges at the end of the contest. The contest is a draw if neither boxer scores so as to obtain a majority.
B. When the event inspector has examined the score cards and checked them for accuracy, he shall inform the ring announcer of the decision.
C. The department shall not change a decision rendered at the end of any boxing contest unless:
Statutory Authority
§ 54.1-831 of the Code of Virginia and 15 USC § 6301 et seq.
