If an injury sustained during competition as a result of:
- (1) An accidental low blow, the referee shall call timeout and the contestant who has been struck with the low blow shall be allowed up to five (5) minutes to recover from the foul without assistance from any second and continue the contest, provided if the contestant can continue before the expiration of the five-minute recovery period, the referee shall as soon as practical restart the contest and if the contestant cannot continue after the expiration of the five-minute recovery period, the referee shall call an end to the contest with the outcome determined as provided for by this part for any other accidental foul severe enough for the referee to immediately stop the bout;
- (2) A legal maneuver and is severe enough for the referee to terminate a bout, the injured contestant shall lose by technical knockout;
- (3) An intentional foul and is severe enough for the referee to terminate a bout, the contestant causing the injury shall lose by disqualification;
- (4) An intentional foul and the bout is allowed to continue, the referee shall notify the judges to automatically deduct two (2) points from the contestant who committed the foul;
- (5) An intentional foul and the bout is allowed to continue, but causes the injured contestant to be unable to continue at a subsequent point in the bout, the injured contestant shall win by technical decision, if the contestant is ahead on the judges’ cards at the time of stoppage, the bout shall be declared a technical draw, if the injured contestant is even or behind on the judges’ cards at the time of stoppage;
- (6) A contestant’s attempt to foul an opponent, the referee shall not take any action and the injury shall be treated in the same manner as an injury produced by a fair blow;
- (7) Any accidental foul, the referee shall call timeout and the contestant suffering from the accidental foul may be allowed up to five (5) minutes to recover from the foul without assistance from any second and continue the contest, however, if the contestant cannot continue after the expiration of the five-minute recovery period or the accidental foul is severe enough for the referee to immediately stop the bout, the referee shall call an immediate end to the bout and the bout shall be ruled a no contest if the bout is stopped before the end of two (2) rounds in a three-round bout or if stopped before the end of three (3) rounds in a five-round bout, provided there will be no scoring of an incomplete round; or
- (8) Any accidental foul, the referee shall call timeout and the contestant suffering the accidental foul may be allowed up to five (5) minutes to recover from the foul without assistance from any second and continue the contest, however, if the contestant cannot continue after the expiration of the five-minute recovery period or the accidental foul is severe enough for the referee to immediately stop the bout, the referee shall call an immediate end to the bout and a technical decision shall be awarded to the contestant who is ahead on the score cards at the time the bout is stopped if the bout is stopped after the end of two (2) rounds of a three-round bout, or after the end of three (3) rounds of a five-round bout, provided incomplete rounds shall not be scored, except the judges shall deduct points as directed by referee if such point deductions were the result of a contestant’s action in the incomplete round.