Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 230 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE, OREGON STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION › Division 80 - CONDUCT OF BOUT - BOXING › Section 230-080-0560 - Method of Counting; Knockdown, Knockout and Technical Draw

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) When a
			 competitor is knocked down, the referee shall order the opponent to retire to
			 the farthest neutral corner of the fenced area, by pointing to the corner, and
			 shall immediately begin the count over the competitor who is down. The referee
			 shall audibly announce the passing of each second, accompanying the count with
			 motions of his or her arm, with the downward motion indicating the end of each
			 second.
(2) The timekeeper, by
			 effective signaling, shall give the referee the correct 1-second interval for
			 the count. The referee's count is the official count. Once the referee picks up
			 the count from the timekeeper, the timekeeper shall cease counting. No
			 competitor who is knocked down may be allowed to resume competing until the
			 referee has finished counting to eight. The competitor may take the count
			 either on the floor or standing.
(3) If the opponent fails to stay in the
			 farthest corner, the referee shall cease counting until the opponent has
			 returned to his or her corner and shall then go on with the count from the
			 point at which it was interrupted. If the competitor who is down arises before
			 the count of 10, the referee may step between the competitors long enough to
			 assure himself or herself that the competitor who has just arisen is in
			 condition to continue. If so assured, the referee shall, without loss of time,
			 order both competitors to go on with the bout or exhibition. During the
			 intervention by the referee, the striking of a blow by either competitor may be
			 ruled a foul.
(4) There is NO
			 Standing Eight (8) Count.
(5) When
			 a competitor is knocked out, the referee shall perform a full 10-second count
			 unless, in the judgment of the referee, the safety of the competitor would be
			 jeopardized by such a count. If the competitor who is knocked down is still
			 down when the referee calls the count of 10, the referee shall wave both arms
			 to indicate that he or she has been knocked out.
(6) If both competitors go down at the same
			 time, the count must be continued as long as one is still down. If both
			 competitors remain down until the count of 10, the bout or exhibition must be
			 stopped and the decision is a technical draw.
(7) If a competitor is down and the referee
			 is in the course of counting at the end of a round, the bell indicating the end
			 of the round must not be sounded, but the bell must be sounded as soon as the
			 downed competitor regains his or her feet.
(8) When a competitor has been knocked down
			 before the normal termination of a round and the round terminates before the
			 competitor has arisen from the floor of the ring, the referee's count must be
			 continued. If the competitor who is down fails to arise before the count of 10,
			 he or she is considered to have lost the bout or exhibition by a knockout in
			 the round containing the round of boxing that was just concluded.
(9) If a legal blow struck in the final
			 seconds of a round causes a competitor to go down after the bell has sounded,
			 that knockdown must be regarded as having occurred during the round of boxing
			 that was just concluded and the appropriate count must continue.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 463.113
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  463.113