Or. Admin. Code § 230-080-0560 - Method of Counting; Knockdown, Knockout and Technical Draw
(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.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 463.113
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 463.113
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