(1) A contestant shall be deemed "down" when:

(a) any part of the contestant's body other than the feet is on the ring floor;

(b) the contestant is hanging helplessly over the ropes; and

(c) rising from "down" position.

(2) A contestant hanging over the ropes is not officially "down" until so pronounced by the referee, who can count the contestant out either on the ropes or on the floor.

(3) A contestant may go down through accident or weakness, but must arise instantly. If the contestant is sent down by a blow, the contestant shall remain down until the count of "eight" before arising and continuing the round, and may remain down until the count of "nine" without being disqualified.

(4) Referees in athletic events shall, in rendering their decisions, consider and declare a contestant to be "knocked out" when the contestant is unable, after being knocked down, to arise unaided inside of ten seconds.

(5) A contestant who is in distress, but still on the contestant's feet and the referee intercedes to save the contestant, or if, while in the corner, the contestant's manager and seconds notify the referee the contestant is unable to continue, the decision shall be "stopped in so many rounds."

(6) Should a contestant who is "down" arise before the count of ten is reached, and again go down intentionally without being struck, the referee shall resume the count where the referee left off.

(7) When a contestant is "down," the opponent shall retire to the farthest neutral corner designated by the referee and remain there until the count is completed. Should the opponent fail to do so, the referee may cease counting until the opponent has so retired.

(8) When a contestant has been knocked down three times in one round, the referee will declare the contestant the loser by a technical knockout.

(a) This subsection may be waived in "bouts" if agreed to by both contestants, in writing, and the writing is filed with the department prior to the beginning of the athletic event.

(9) Before a fallen contestant resumes competition after having slipped, fallen or been knocked down, the referee shall wipe the contestant's gloves free of any foreign substance.

(10) If a contestant is knocked down after two minutes and 50 seconds of the round, the bell will not sound until the contestant gets up. If the contestant does not get up before the count of ten, the contestant will lose by KO. The bell cannot save a contestant in any round.