Boxing, despite its certain cruelty, many people like to watch, including women, and sometimes children (if parents allow them). Even people far from this sport, even if vaguely, can imagine what knockdown is. This word is sometimes used in a figurative sense, far from boxing. However, if you are seriously interested in sparring in the ring, you need to have a more accurate idea of ​​what is happening there.
What is knockdown: boxing and its rules
Most of the terms in this sport refer to strikes by opponents. Translated from English, “knockdown” is “a crushing, knocking- down blow”. The one who received it loses its vertical position and finds a third fulcrum. And it doesn’t matter that it is the arm, leg or the entire surface of the back. This situation is already considered a knockdown. If before the referee counts to ten, the athlete will be able to take a stand and raise his hands for the fight, the position is defined as a knockdown. He does not bring special bonuses and extra points - the judge counts the temporary laying of the enemy as another accurate blow.
Knockout and knockdown differ from each other only in the outcome of a missed hook or uppercut. If the defeated athlete is not able to stand on his account at ten, the referee voices this as an “out” and his opponent is awarded a victory.
A curious situation is when a boxer from a blow is taken out of the ring. At the same time, the refereeing count is increased to twenty. However, during this time, the defeated fighter must have time to not only recover, but also return to the site, so that usually the removal of the ropes ends with the recognition of a knockout.
Technical knockout and early victory
The manager in the ring, the only and indisputable, is the referee. Only he decides whether the battle can continue. When the condition of one of the athletes casts doubt on him, he can consult with a physician. If a knockdown received by a doctor is recognized as dangerous, the fight stops, and a missed strike turns into a knockout, only a technical one.
There is only one person who can challenge the decision of the judge - the second boxer. However, his intervention can only lead to defeat: if he throws a towel into the ring, the victory of the opponent is recognized in connection with his clear advantage.
Standing variety
There are some subtleties in determining the position of a boxer in the ring. So, a standing knockdown is the athlete’s flight to the ropes and the referee’s suggestion that only they kept him from falling. If the judge has such a suspicion, he again begins the countdown.
Note that in championship battles, standing knockdown as a concept is absent. But in professional fights of the lower class, and even more so in amateur fights, it is respected.
Three knockdowns
Fights are not always won on points, by pure or technical knockout. If a boxer has knocked down three times in one round and managed to get on his feet for the last time, the referee stops the bout. Anyone who missed three serious blows is considered automatically knocked out. True, such a rule is not always in use. Necessarily it is observed in the battles conducted by WBA.
Flash knockdown
This term means a slight defeat when a boxer falls to the flooring for a very short time, not only not falling completely, but not staying with the third support for a long time. However, even if he is out of vertical position for no longer than five seconds, the referee will still begin the countdown.
An interesting observation: knockdown is more like an amateur position in the ring. In professional fights, such situations are very rare, because athletes are able to get away from dangerous blows and develop stamina and endurance. But professionals are not always able to protect themselves from knockdown.