Mich. Admin. Code R. 339.225 - Knockouts; boxing
Rule 225.
(1) A
contestant in a boxing contest who is knocked down shall take a minimum
mandatory count of 8.
(2) If a
contestant in a boxing contest is dazed by a blow and, in the referee's
opinion, is unable to defend himself or herself, then the referee shall give a
standing mandatory count of 8 or stop the contest. If on the count of 8 the
contestant, in the referee's opinion, is unable to continue, then the referee
may count him or her out on his or her feet or stop the contest on the count of
8.
(3) If there is a knockdown in a
boxing contest, then the timekeeper shall immediately start the count loud
enough to be heard by the referee, who, after waving the opponent to the
farthest neutral corner, shall pick up the count from the timekeeper and
proceed from there. The referee shall stop the count if the opponent fails to
remain in the corner. The count shall be resumed when the opponent has returned
to the corner.
(4) The timekeeper
shall signal the count to the referee.
(5) If the contestant taking the count in a
boxing contest is still down when the referee calls the count of 10, then the
referee shall wave both arms to indicate that the contestant has been knocked
out. The referee shall summon the physician and then raise the opponent's hand
as the winner. The referee's count is the official count.
(6) If at the end of a round a contestant in
a boxing contest is down and the referee is in the process of counting, then
the gong indicating the end of the round must not be sounded, except for the
last round. The gong must only sound when the referee gives the command to box
indicating the continuation of the contest.
(7) In the final round, the timekeeper's gong
terminates the fight contest.
(8) A
referee shall award a technical knockout decision to the opponent if a
contestant is unable or refuses to continue when the gong sounds to begin the
next round. The decision is awarded in the round started by the gong.
(9) The referee and timekeeper shall resume
their count at the point it was suspended if a contestant in a boxing contest
rises before the count of 10 is reached and falls down immediately without
being struck.
(10) If both
contestants in a boxing contest go down at the same time, then counting
continues as long as 1 of them is still down or until the referee or the
ringside physician determines that 1 or both of the contestants need immediate
medical attention. If both contestants remain down until the count of 10, then
the contest must stop and the decision is scored as a double
knockout.
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