Referee technical decision
A referee technical decision (RTD), corner retirement[1][2][3] or corner stoppage[4][5] are terms used in boxing to describe a fight that ends when, during any rest period between rounds, a boxer themselves refuses to continue or their corner pulls them out, forcing the referee to call an end to the fight. In contrast, a technical knockout (TKO) may only be declared by the referee or ringside doctor, at any stage of the fight including rest periods. In either case, an RTD still counts as a type of knockout, thus being displayed as a stoppage result on any boxer's record.
Despite the similarity in name, a technical decision (TD) is completely unrelated. The "technical decision" in an RTD is essentially a misnomer, in that no scorecards or points of any kind are involved.
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References
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- ↑ Bonnett, Derek (29 March 2015). "On the Move: SecondsOut World Rankings 3-29-15". SecondsOut. Knockout Entertainment Ltd. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ↑ Gray, Tom (21 March 2015). "Braehmer defeats Krasniqi, forces corner retirement". The Ring. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ↑ Campbell, Brian (19 August 2015). "Sanchez disagrees that Lemieux is GGG's toughest test". ESPN. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ↑ Ortega, Mark E. (20 October 2013). "Provodnikov wears down Alvarado to stoppage". The Ring. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
