Standing 8 count??

Question

I am a little confused about the rule, If a boxer is getting badly hurt in a fight wouldnt the ref just call the fight instead giving him 8 seconds to recover. like the first pavlik-taylor fight at the end of the fight would the ref call a standing 8 count or a stoppage??

i understand that a standing 8 count occurs when the ref thinks the fighter is going to go down. but i am a little confused

also do they still hav a standing 8 count in amateurs?

Answer 1

all amateur fights have the standing 8 count. it is optional in professional. the rules of the fight are agreed upon by the manager before the fight. the 8 count is to help prevent a boxer from getting knocked out; if the ref notices the boxer was rocked significantly by a punch they give him an 8 count so he won't get knocked out and has the option to continue to fight or stop if he feels he needs to.

Answer 2

Somtimes fighters are dead on their feet and the only thing keeping them up is either the ropes or their legs refuse to go down.

A boxer that get's a knock-down get's the benifit of a count. The smart ones weight until about the count of 9 to get back up. Giving them time to clear their head.

The count is good only because can prevent a unneccissary stoppage to a fight. Take Marquez vs Vasquez III where in final round Marquez get's trapped on the ropes and taking hits, only thing keeping him up was the ropes. The ref could have stopped the fight, but instead gave him a count, and allowed the fight to continue to the end.

The amatauers still have a standing out eight count and a ref will usually halt the fight and issue the count befor a boxer even knocked down.  This because gaol of amatauers is to score points more then damage, and a fighter safety is more important.

However, it should be noted that a knockdown or a standing eight count does not reflect scores in amatauer boxing. Only hits score points.

Answer 3

In the amateurs, all of the fights have the rule.  In the professional ranks, it goes by state- some states have the rule while others don't.  To explain it to you, a standing 8 count is when the ropes are/were the ONLY thing holding up a fighter up from going down.  When this occurs, the referee will stop the action, send one fighter to a neutral corner, and begin counting, just as if it were a real knockdown.  If there is no standing 8 count, the fighter can keep punching the other one until the referee stops it, or the fighter manages to go down.