Haw. Code R. § 16-74-136 - Sham or fake bouts
(a) Duty. Every
referee is required to warn competing boxers of his power to recommend the
forfeiture of purse or purses, should there be any apparent cause for such
warning.
(b) Decision. In any case
where the referee decides that the contestants are not honestly competing and
that under the law their purses or the purse of either contestant should be
forfeited, the BOUT MUST BE STOPPED BEFORE THE END OF THE LAST ROUND, AND NO
DECISION SHALL BE GIVEN. A contestant earns nothing and shall not be paid for a
contest in which there is stalling, faking or dishonesty or collusion. The
commission shall have the power, independently of the referee or his decision,
to determine the merits of any contest, and take whatever action it considers
proper. In any such case the executive secretary or commissioner may order the
purse of the offender held up for investigation and action. This is a condition
an applicant for any license must agree to in the securing of any license in
the State of Hawaii.
(c) Count. As
counting a boxer out, or disqualifying one of the contestants for fouling, is
held to be in effect giving a decision, in case the referee decides that one or
both of the contestants are not honestly competing, and that the knockdown is
"a dive" or the foul a prearranged termination of the bout, he SHALL NOT FINISH
THE KNOCKDOWN COUNT OR DISQUALIFY FOR FOULING OR AWARD DECISION TO OPPONENT,
but shall stop the bout and order the purses of both boxers held pending
investigation by the commission. The announcer or referee shall so inform the
audience, particularly, that no decision has been rendered.
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