Texas Register, Volume 25, Number 11, Pages 2223-2484, March 17, 2000 Page: 2,255
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referee may summon the ringside physician into the ring, and declare
the bout terminated by knockout.
(g) If a mouthpiece is knocked out, the referee shall call
time during a break in the action, the contestant's second will clean
and reinsert the mouthpiece. If the mouthpiece is spit out the same
procedure will be followed and the referee can charge the contestant
with a foul.
(h) The referee or Commissioner may disqualify a contestant
and declare the opponent the winner after one warning by the referee
or Department representative for the use of profanity, obscene or
threatening gestures by a contestant, his manager, or his second.
(i) When a foul occurs, the referee shall call time and advise
the judges of the foul and the number of points they should deduct.
(j) Before each bout, the referee shall call the contestants
and their chief seconds together for final instructions. The referee
shall hold the chief second responsible for his contestant's conduct
during the contest.
(k) When a low blow incapacitates a contestant, the referee
shall give him reasonable time to recover. The referee may confer
with the ringside physician. If a contestant shows an unwillingness to
continue because of a low-blow claim, and the referee has resumed
the fight, that contestant shall be declared the loser by a technical
knockout.
(1) Knockdowns.
(1) When a punch knocks a contestant down, the referee
shall order the opponent to go to the ring's farthest neutral comer,
pointing to the corner, and immediately pick up the timekeeper's
count.
(2) The referee shall audibly announce the passing of the
seconds, accompanying the count with upward motions of his arm for
each second and indicating the count with visual finger counts after
each second.
(3) The referee shall stop counting if the opponent does
not remain in the neutral corner until the count is complete.
(4) No contestant who is knocked down shall be allowed
to resume boxing until the referee has finished counting to eight.
(5) If a contestant who is down rises before the count
of ten and goes down again without being struck, the referee shall
resume the count where he stopped.
(6) When a round ends before a contestant who was
knocked down rises, the bell shall not ring, and the count shall
continue.
(7) If a contestant rises before the count of ten, the bell
shall ring ending the round.
(8) The referee's count is the official count.
(9) When a contestant is knocked down three times in any
round, the referee shall stop the contest, and the contestant scoring
the knockdowns shall be declared the winner by technical knockout.
(m) If a contestant does not answer the bell signifying the
start of a round, the referee shall give a ten count and declare him
the loser by a technical knockout.
(n) If a contestant who has been knocked out of the ring or
has fallen out of the ring during the contest fails to return immediately,
the referee shall give the contestant 20 seconds to return to the ring.
After a 20 second count, if the contestant has not returned to thering, the referee shall count the contestant out as if he were down.
Seconds may not help contestants back into the ring.
(o) If during the first four rounds a contestant is pushed,
knocked or falls out of the ring, is injured by the fall and unable
to return, the referee shall declare the bout a technical draw. If this
occurs during later rounds, all completed and partial rounds in which
the bout is terminated shall be scored and the contestant ahead on
points shall be declared the winner by technical decision.
(p) A referee applicant must have at least three years active
experience as a referee in the combative sport he/she wishes to be
licensed. Active experience means officiating in at least ten combative
sporting events per year. The Commissioner may approve licensure
for persons with comparative experience in any combative sport.
61.42. Responsibilities of Judges.
(a) A majority vote of the judging officials decides the
outcome of the contest.
(b) If an assigned judge is unable to officiate, he shall notify
the Department at least five hours before the contest.
(c) If a contest is stopped before the end of the fourth round
because of an accidental head butt, the contest shall be declared a
technical draw. If after the fourth round an accidental head butt
injury occurs or worsens and the contest is stopped, all completed
and partial rounds shall be scored. The contestant ahead on points
shall be declared the winner by technical decision.
(d) Scoring shall be recorded only on the Department-
approved form. Once the form is completed, checked and signed
by the official it must be given directly to the Department supervisor
for the event. Scoring forms are the property of the Department and
will be maintained in the official records of the event.
(e) In all contests, the total points the referee and judges
give each contestant may be announced.
(f) A judge applicant must have at least three years active
experience as a referee in the combative sport he/she wishes to be
licensed. Active experience means officiating in at least ten combative
sporting events per year. The Commissioner may approve licensure
for persons with comparative experience in any combative sport.
61.43. Responsibilities of Seconds.
(a) Each contestant must have two seconds unless the
Department permits otherwise. Each contestant shall have one chief
second.
(b) The seconds shall dress neatly.
(c) Seconds shall keep their comers clean, dry, and free from
objects.
(d) Seconds may surrender for their contestants by standing
on the apron and signaling to the referee.
(e) A second may not:
(1) excessively coach a contestant during a round and
shall remain silent when instructed to do so by a Department
representative or the referee;
(2) throw excessive amounts of water on his contestant;
(3) toss a towel or any other object into the ring in token
surrender of his contestant;
(4) use any unapproved solution during the contest.
(f) A second shall remain seated in the chairs provided
during the rounds.PROPOSED RULES March 17, 2000 25 TexReg 2255
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