Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ATHLETIC COMMISSION › Title 38 › Chapter 5 - PROFESSIONAL BOXING › Section 38-5-002 - OFFICIATING A PROFESSIONAL BOXING BOUT

Current through June 17, 2024
002.01 There is
				no standing eight (8) count or three (3) knockdown rule.
002.02 When, as a result of a legal strike,
				the referee or the contestant's corner determines that it is unsafe for the
				contestant to continue, the bout is stopped and the result is recorded as a
				technical knockout.
002.03 No
				person other than the contestants and the referee can enter the ring during the
				bout. Between rounds, one second may be inside the ring and the other second
				must remain on the ring apron. The licensed physician may enter the ring to
				examine an injury to a contestant if asked to do so by the referee. A
				contestant cannot leave the ring during any one-minute rest period between
				rounds.
002.04 If a contestant
				falls due to fatigue or is knocked down by his or her opponent, he or she will
				be allowed 10 seconds to rise. The opponent must go to the farthest neutral
				corner and remain there while the count is being made.
002.05 When a contestant is knocked down as a
				result of a punch, the referee must order the opponent to a neutral corner. A
				contestant is considered down when any part of the contestant's body, except
				for the feet, is on the floor or the contestant is hanging helplessly over the
				ropes. If the opponent fails to stay in the neutral corner, the referee must
				stop the count until the opponent returns to the corner. Once the opponent has
				returned to the corner, the referee may continue the count from the point where
				interrupted. The referee's count is the official count.
002.06 When a fallen contestant rises and
				falls again without being hit, the referee will continue the original count
				rather than starting a new count. If the bell rings ending the round during the
				count, the count will continue; a contestant cannot be saved by the bell in any
				round.
002.07 If a contestant
				taking the count is still down when the referee calls the count of 10 or if,
				during the count, it is the opinion of the referee that the fallen contestant
				is in no condition to continue, the referee must wave both arms to indicate a
				knockout. The bout is then stopped.
002.08 When a mouthpiece is knocked out, the
				referee may allow the bout to continue until there is a break in the action. A
				time-out will then be called and the mouthpiece rinsed and handed to the
				contestant's second, who will immediately replace the mouthpiece in the
				contestant's mouth.
002.09 If a
				contestant is propelled through the ropes and onto the floor or surrounding
				tables or chairs clear of the ring, he or she will be given 20 seconds to rise
				to his or her feet and return to the ring. A contestant cannot be assisted to
				his or her feet by a second. If the contestant is assisted, the contestant will
				be disqualified.
002.10 If both
				contestants are knocked down at the same time, the counting will continue as
				long as one (1) of them is still down. If both contestants remain down until
				the count of 10, the bout must be stopped and the decision will be a technical
				draw.
002.11 Whenever a contestant
				has been seriously injured, knocked out, or technically knocked out, the
				referee must immediately summon the attending physician to aid the fallen
				contestant. Managers and seconds are not permitted to attend the fallen
				contestant unless requested to do so by the physician.
002.12 The referee may stop a bout:
002.12(A) Due to the physical condition of
				one or both of the contestants;
002.12(B) When one of the contestants is
				clearly out-classed by his or her opponent; or
002.12(C) For any other reason deemed
				necessary by the referee.