9) INJURIES SUSTAINED BY FAIR BLOWS AND FOULS:
A) Fair Blows:
If injury is severe enough to terminate a contest, the injured contestant loses by TKO.
1) Intentional:
a) If an injury is severe enough to cause the immediate termination of a contest, the contestant causing the injury loses by disqualification.
b) If an injury is produced and the contest is allowed to continue, the referee will notify the authorities and automatically deduct 2 points from the contestant who committed the foul. Point deductions for intentional fouls will be mandatory.
c) If an injury as described in (b) above is the cause of the contest being stopped in a later round, the injured boxer will win by TECHNICAL DECISION, if he is ahead on the scorecards.
d) If an injury as described in (b) above is the cause of the contest being stopped in a later round, the contest will result in a TECHNICAL DRAW, if the injured contestant is behind or even on the scorecards.
e) If a contestant injures himself while attempting to foul his opponent, the referee will not take any action in his favor and the injury is the same as one produced by a fair blow.
2) Accidental:
a) Any injury severe enough for the referee to stop the contest immediately will result in a NO CONTEST if stopped before 2 rounds have been completed in a 3 round contest or if stopped before 3 rounds have been completed in a 5 round contest.
b) Any injury severe enough for the referee to stop the contest immediately after 2 rounds of a 3 round contest, or after 3 rounds of a 5 round contest have occurred, the contest will result in a TECHNICAL DECISION, awarded to the contestant who is ahead on the score cards at the time the contest is stopped.
c) If injury (b) above occurs, all completed rounds and the round in which the bout is stopped will be scored.
d) If an injury inflicted by an accidental foul later becomes aggravated by fair blows and the referee orders the bout stopped because of the injury, the outcome must be determined by scoring the completed rounds and the round in which the referee stops the contest.
e) If injury (b) above occurs, and the referee penalizes either contestant, then point(s) shall be deducted from the final score.
