Pennsylvania § 718 Knockouts

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 718 — Knockouts

Pennsylvania § 718

Title 5ATHLETICS AND SPORTS

PartPART I

Ch. 7REGULATION OF BOXING CONTESTS AND EXHIBITIONS

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Bluebook

5 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 718 (2026).

Text

(a)Count by referee.--When a boxer is knocked out, the referee shall count to ten unless, in the judgment of the referee, the boxer is in immediate physical danger, in which case the referee may stop the count earlier. If the boxer has not risen from the ring floor before the referee stops the count, the result shall be recorded as a knockout.

(b)Physician.--When a boxer has been knocked out, no one shall touch him, except to remove his mouth protector, until after the attending physician has entered the ring and issued such instructions as he deems necessary.

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(a) Count by referee.--When a boxer is knocked out, the referee shall count to ten unless, in the judgment of the referee, the boxer is in immediate physical danger, in which case the referee may stop the count earlier. If the boxer has not risen from the ring floor before the referee stops the count, the result shall be recorded as a knockout.

(b) Physician.--When a boxer has been knocked out, no one shall touch him, except to remove his mouth protector, until after the attending physician has entered the ring and issued such instructions as he deems necessary.