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South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 20 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION- STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION
Subchapter 8 - BOXING REFEREES AND JUDGES
Section 20-8.18 - Ten Point Must Scoring System

S.C. Code Regs. § § 20-8.18

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Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 11, November 22, 2024
Section 20-8.18 - Ten Point Must Scoring System
1. The ten point must system of scoring shall govern all decisions.
2. At the conclusion of each round, the judges must give their scorecards to the scorekeeper. The boxer who has the most points on each scorecard is the winner. The scorekeeper shall maintain an accumulative total for each participant. The decision of the majority of the judges shall be final.
a. If the boxer is slightly superior to his/her opponent in such round, ten (10) points must be scored for such boxer, and the score of nine (9) points marked down for his/her opponent.
b. If a boxer wins a round decisively, ten (10) points should be scored for such boxer, and the score of eight (8) points marked down on his/her opponent.
c. If a boxer wins a round decisively with a knockdown or knockdowns, ten (10) points should be scored for such a boxer, and the score of seven (7) points marked down for his/her opponent.
3. If a referee penalizes a boxer for a foul, the referee shall notify the judges; and, the announcer shall announce it to the public at the end of the round.
4. The referee may take points away from a boxer because of improper use of mouth piece.
5. If the tallied scorecards do not establish a winner the decision shall be declared a draw.
6. The referee or other designee shall collect the scorecards at the end of each round and submit them to the scorekeeper. At the end of the contest, the scorekeeper shall determine the total for each judge scoring. The scorekeeper shall give that total to the Commission Representative. After verifying the totals, the Commission Representative shall give the totals to the announcer who shall announce the decision of the judges.
7. Decisions shall be given in all contests.

S.C. Code Regs. § 20-8.18

Amended by State Register Volume 12, Issue No. 6, eff June 24, 1988; State Register Volume 16, Issue No. 6, eff June 26, 1992; State Register Volume 20, Issue No. 6, Part 1, eff June 28, 1996; State Register Volume 39, Issue No. 06, eff. 6/26/2015.