What's your definition of KO & TKO??

*3 knockdown rule is tko

*bloke gets up at 3 refs decides to wave it off before mandatory 8 is tko

*bloke gets up, ref gives him mandatory 8 and then waves off is tko

a ko is simply if refs counts to 10 and blokes still on canvas or if bloke is down ref doesn't complete count and waves off becoz it was such a bad knockout it's better to stop count And quickly attend to blokes wellbeing.

There's nothing hard about the above...why is this debated so much?

 

If a guy is knocked out and ref dosnt even count, it should be a KO. It isnt but it should be.
A TKO should be from 3 knockdowns or Ref stopping fight as fighter has taken to much punishment. All else should be KO in my opinion.

In my opinion if a fighter is knocked down and cant beat the count or fight is waved off as Ref thinks he isnt fit to continue it Should be a KO

 

well thats silly then....they need a unified national body...one set of rules, one prez, one secretary and one committee

and that anton sevsek guy for prez

 

What do u mean nothing technical about it? You basically loae on s technicality. There's no way 3 knockdowns should called a ko. Its about as tko as they come

What a load of horse****.

 

The above is simple and makes good sense. How it can vary state to state is beyond me. But then again the standing 8 count and 3 knockdown rule seems to vary according to where you fight too.

 

if a ref waves it off without a count thats a ko.
if the ref waves it off after a count or appears to be erring on the side of caution thats a tko.

 

I don't strongly disagree with you. But what about the case where the guy goes down. The ref calls it, and he gets up again, all in the space of a lot less than 10 seconds. Why should that be a KO? He never got the full count, and in some cases gets up looking like he can continue.

 

zab judah style?
id still call that a ko. what your describing really sounds like a dud call by the ref but if the ref stops it out of fear that the guy has suffered a concussive blow then its gotta be recorded as a ko.
like i said if the ref actually stops the contest after assessing a fighter and weighing up the chances that he is going to be able to effectively defend himself? then thats a tko in my eyes.

 

I don't think we are far from being on the same page here. Judah is an example but probably not a good one because though he got up he was chicken walking out of control and unable in most people's opinions to continue.

 

Ko is down for a 10 count or knocked unconcious

TKO is any other stoppage

thats my interpritation

 

Yep. U r the winner.

Now lock thread before others come along and confuse things