Counting and knockouts (Repealed)

(a) A referee may count a boxer out who falls to the floor claiming a foul because of a low blow. The referee may give a fallen boxer a brief rest period not to exceed 5 minutes. If the injured boxer cannot continue after 5 minutes the referee may disqualify the offending boxer. If the foul was unintentional and the bout has gone more than 3 rounds the winner of the bout will be decided by the tally of the judges' score cards. If the bout has not gone more than 3 rounds the bout will be scored a draw. (b) A technical knockout is the ending of a bout by a referee for any reason other than a count out or disqualification. (c) A boxer is down if any part of his body, except his feet, is on the ring floor, he is helpless on the ring ropes or he is rising from a down position. (d) When a round in any boxing contest except the last round terminates before a boxer who has been knocked down has risen from the floor of the ring, the timekeeper's count shall be continued and, if the fallen boxer fails to rise before the count of 10, he shall be considered to have lost the bout by a knockout in the round just concluded. (e) When a boxer is down the timekeeper shall at once commence calling off the seconds, indicating the count with a motion of his arm. The referee must immediately order the other boxer to a neutral corner and shall thereafter pick up the count from the timekeeper and indicate it with a motion of his arm. If a contestant is unable to continue at the count of 10, the referee shall declare the other boxer winner by a knockout. (f) If a contestant who has been knocked or has fallen out of the ring during a contest fails to return to the ring on his feet, unassisted, before the expiration of 10 seconds, the referee shall count him out as if he were down. (g) If a boxing contest is terminated between rounds, the knockout must be recorded as having taken place in the round just concluded. However, if the bell for the subsequent round has already sounded, the boxing contest ends in the subsequent round.