Illinois Administrative Code › Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Part 1370 - BOXING AND FULL-CONTACT MARTIAL ARTS ACT › Subpart D - PROFESSIONAL BOXING › Section 1370.550 - Types of Bout Results

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A contestant
				shall be considered by the referee to be knocked down when any part of his or
				her body other than the feet is on the fighting area floor, or if the
				contestant is hanging over the ropes and unable to defend himself or
				herself.
b) A contestant hanging
				over the ropes is not officially "down" until so pronounced by the
				referee.
c) When a contestant is
				knocked down, the referee shall order the opponent to retire to the farther
				neutral corner of the ring, pointing to the corner, and immediately pick up the
				count from the timekeeper and continue counting over the contestant who is
				down.
d) The referee shall announce
				the passing of the seconds, audibly, accompanying the count with motions of his
				or her arm, the downward motion indicating the end of each second.
e) There shall be a mandatory 8-count. Any
				contestant who is knocked down shall not be allowed to resume boxing until
				after the referee has finished counting 8. The contestant may take this count
				either on the floor or standing.
f)
				Three knockdowns in one round shall be regarded as justifiable reason for the
				referee to halt a contest. The referee may allow a fight to continue after a
				contestant has been knocked down 3 times if, in his or her judgment, the
				contestant is able to continue.
g)
				If the contestant taking the count is still down when the referee calls the
				count of 10, the referee shall wave both arms to indicate that the contestant
				has been knocked out and has lost the bout.
h) Should the opponent fail to stay in the
				neutral corner, the referee shall cease counting until the opponent has
				returned to it; the referee will then go on with the count from the point at
				which it was interrupted.
i)
				Contestants who have been knocked out shall be kept lying down until they have
				recovered. When a contestant is knocked out, no one shall touch him or her,
				except that the referee shall remove the contestant's mouthpiece, until the
				ringside physician enters the ring and personally attends to the contestant and
				issues necessary instructions to the contestant's seconds.
j) The bell does not save the contestant in
				any round.
k) If any contestant
				fails or refuses to resume fighting when the bell sounds starting the next
				round, the referee may award a technical knockout to the opponent as of the
				last completed round plus one second of the current round.
l) Cessation of contest because of unexpected
				reasons. Should unexpected or accidental reasons determine the cessation of a
				contest before completion of the scheduled rounds, a technical decision shall
				be awarded to the contestant who is ahead in points on the scorecard of judges
				and the determination of the referee, provided that at least 4 rounds have been
				completed when the cessation occurs. If the cessation occurs before 4 rounds
				have been completed, the decision will be a technical draw.
m) No manager or second shall bring about the
				termination of a contest by tossing in a towel. The manager or second shall
				notify the physician or referee that the bout needs to be stopped. Seconds
				cannot walk into the ring. The chief second may mount the apron of the fighting
				area and attract the referee's attention, indicating the retirement of the
				contestant.