Kan. Admin. Regs. § 128-4-3

Current through Register Vol. 44, No. 2, January 9, 2025

Section 128-4-3 - Judge

(a) Three judges shall be assigned by the boxing commissioner for each bout of a contest.

(b) The three judges shall be stationed at ringside, each at a different side.

(c) Before the start of each bout, each judge shall receive an official scorecard from an inspector. Each judge shall use only the official scorecards that are provided by the commission or a sanctioned body approved by the commission.

(d) Each judge shall reach a scoring decision for each round of a bout without conferring in any manner with any other official or person, including the other judges on the panel. Each judge shall award points for each round immediately after the end of the round, total the scores of both contestants from that round, and sign or initial the scorecard.

(e)

(1) The judges shall score each round on the ten-point must system using the following criteria:

(A) The maximum total score awarded by each judge in any round shall be 20 points. The better contestant of each round shall receive 10 points, and the opponent shall receive a score that is proportionately lower.

(B) If the round is tied, each contestant shall receive 10 points.

(C) No fraction of a point shall be awarded.

(2) Each erasure or change on a scorecard shall be approved and initialed by both the judge and the inspector.

(3) At the end of each round, each judge shall give that judge's scorecard to the referee. At the end of each bout for professional and amateur mixed martial arts, each judge shall give that judge's scorecard to the referee.

(f) A final decision regarding the outcome of the bout shall be made before the judges may leave the arena.

(g) After the final decision for the bout has been announced, the referee shall give the scorecards to the chief inspector, who shall retain custody of the scorecards and transmit the scorecards to the commission for safekeeping.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 128-4-3

Authorized by K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 74-50,187; implementing K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 74-50,186, 74-50,187, and 74-50,190; effective April 4, 2008; amended Dec. 20, 2013.