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These are excerpts taken from an article by Dan Rafael in ESPN.COM:
Instant Replay Making Debut In Nevada
The referees working promoter Don King's boxing card at Treasure Island Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday night (10/31/09) will be able to utilize instant replay for the first time if necessary.
"This will be the first one," said Keith Kizer, executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. "The regulation became official on Tuesday.
In August, the Nevada commission, the most authoritative in the United States, adopted some rules changes, one of which was a 5-0 vote approving the use of limited instant replay for boxing and mixed martial arts bouts.
Kizer said replay use is "completely at the discretion of the referee. The corners and promoters can yell all they want, but nobody can make the referee use replay. It's up to him."
"It can only be used to review something when a fight is stopped due to an injury," Kizer said. "They can only use it to review what caused that fight-ending injury. If you do see replay used, it will probably be either to determine if a clash of heads or a punch caused the end of the fight. There are times when we'll see a big cut open up and a fight is immediately stopped. The referee can use replay to determine if it was caused by a butt or a punch."
The other likely scenario in which replay could be employed would be if a punch caused the end of a fight but it was unclear if the punch landed before or after the bell.
Kizer pointed out that if a fighter was cut early in a round, after which the referee makes an immediate ruling on how it happened, and that injury forced the bout to be stopped later in the round or even a few rounds later, it could not be reviewed.
"It has to be immediate," Kizer said.
Replay also will not be used to determine if a knockdown was caused by a punch or was a slip.
If there is no definitive video evidence showing what caused a fight-ending injury, the referee's original call will stand, just like when a referee makes a call in the NFL.
Instant Replay Making Debut In Nevada
The referees working promoter Don King's boxing card at Treasure Island Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday night (10/31/09) will be able to utilize instant replay for the first time if necessary.
"This will be the first one," said Keith Kizer, executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. "The regulation became official on Tuesday.
In August, the Nevada commission, the most authoritative in the United States, adopted some rules changes, one of which was a 5-0 vote approving the use of limited instant replay for boxing and mixed martial arts bouts.
Kizer said replay use is "completely at the discretion of the referee. The corners and promoters can yell all they want, but nobody can make the referee use replay. It's up to him."
"It can only be used to review something when a fight is stopped due to an injury," Kizer said. "They can only use it to review what caused that fight-ending injury. If you do see replay used, it will probably be either to determine if a clash of heads or a punch caused the end of the fight. There are times when we'll see a big cut open up and a fight is immediately stopped. The referee can use replay to determine if it was caused by a butt or a punch."
The other likely scenario in which replay could be employed would be if a punch caused the end of a fight but it was unclear if the punch landed before or after the bell.
Kizer pointed out that if a fighter was cut early in a round, after which the referee makes an immediate ruling on how it happened, and that injury forced the bout to be stopped later in the round or even a few rounds later, it could not be reviewed.
"It has to be immediate," Kizer said.
Replay also will not be used to determine if a knockdown was caused by a punch or was a slip.
If there is no definitive video evidence showing what caused a fight-ending injury, the referee's original call will stand, just like when a referee makes a call in the NFL.