Washington Administrative Code › Title 36 - Licensing, Department of (Professional Athletics) › Chapter 36-12 - Professional boxing › Section 36-12-140 - Method of counting over a boxer who is down

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) The referee shall give an injured boxer a
			 count of eight when a knockdown occurs. The referee does not have to continue
			 to count if in the referee's opinion a boxer is unable to continue to box. The
			 referee shall resume a count where it was left off if a boxer attempts to rise
			 after being knocked down and goes down again immediately.
(2) When the referee determines a boxer has
			 been knocked down, the referee shall require the boxers to cease boxing during
			 the count. If the boxer rises prior to, or when the count is completed, the
			 referee shall determine whether the boxer's reflexes and condition render it
			 appropriate to continue the contest.
(3) If a boxer does not rise when the count
			 of eight is completed, the referee shall continue the count to ten
			 seconds.
(4) If the boxer being
			 given a count by the referee is down on the canvas of the ring when the referee
			 completes counting to ten seconds, the referee shall wave both arms to indicate
			 that the boxer has been knocked out and shall stop the contest. The referee may
			 raise the hand of the opponent indicating that the opponent has won by a
			 knockout.
(5) The referee's
			 counting of seconds is the official count. However, when a boxer is knocked
			 down, the timekeeper shall assist with starting and maintaining an accurate
			 count by striking the edge of the ring platform once each second with a hammer
			 or other equipment or signaling method.
(6) When a boxer is knocked down, the referee
			 shall direct the opponent to move to the farthest neutral corner of the ring.
			 If the opponent leaves the neutral corner, the referee shall interrupt the
			 count and will not resume the count until the opponent returns to the neutral
			 corner.
(7) If a boxer is knocked
			 down and the referee is still counting when three minutes of a round has
			 elapsed, the bell shall not be sounded until the knocked down boxer rises and
			 the referee indicates that the contest will continue. A boxer cannot be saved
			 by the bell at the end of any round.
(8) If both boxers score simultaneous
			 knockdowns (double knockdown), the referee shall begin a count as in any
			 knockdown. If one contestant does not rise before the count of ten, his
			 opponent shall be declared the winner. If both contestants rise before
			 completion of the count, the bout may continue at the discretion of the
			 referee. If both contestants rise but neither can continue as determined by the
			 referee and/or event physician, the winner will be determined by the
			 scorecards. If both boxers remain down until the count of ten, the bout must be
			 stopped and the decision is a technical draw.
Statutory Authority: RCW
				43.24.023, 67.08.015, and 67.08.017. WSR 13-21-149, § 36-12-140, filed
				10/23/13, effective 12/1/13. Statutory Authority: RCW   67.08.017, 67.08.105, and
				43.24.023. WSR 02-20-094, § 36-12-140, filed 10/1/02, effective 1/1/03.
				Statutory Authority: RCW   67.08.017 (1), (9). WSR 02-03-069, § 36-12-140,
				filed 1/11/02, effective 2/11/02. Statutory Authority: Chapter 67.08 RCW. WSR
				97-01-035, § 36-12-140, filed 12/10/96, effective 1/10/97; Order 74-1,
				§ 36-12-140, filed 11/19/74; Rule .04.140, filed 12/6/67; Rule .04.140,
				filed 9/22/60, 3/17/60; subsections (8) and (9), filed
				4/17/64.