Corner Retirement...What Round Is Official?

Thanks. Problem is for this Floyd/Mac fight there will be a lot of people present who have never really watched a boxing match (mostly the girls) but we need them to make the betting pool larger. Trying to explain to them what their money gets them in a pool is insanely difficult. I try to tell them if you draw round 4 you have round 4 and the one minute after round four. Someone will always then say, "Not fair. We don't get a one minute after round 12" or "We should split the money between round four and five ticket holders if fight ends in between rounds." I like big fights because the party is bigger, but the people who show up can be maddening.

If you bet on Floyd ko rounds 1-4 and conor doesn't come out for round 5, you win your bet, regardless on whether officially its a RTD which means retired , bookies recognise it as a stoppage win nevertheless and you win your bet.

If the fighter retires in the corner it's not a TKO it's an RTD. See Vitali Klitschko vs Sam Peter ... Peter didn't come out for the 9th round, retired in the corner between rounds 8 and 9. It was ruled as a Round 8 RTD.

(checks lomas boxrec) end between rounds it would appear the round it followed is the one recorded. I guess it's kind of looking at it like, what round was the punishment caused which lead to stopping the fight, in terms of the specific 1 minute break.

if the ref calls it during the 1 minute rest period between rounds, its a tko 4. If the bell signals round 5 has started and then its waved off, its a tko 5. It all comes down to whether or not the bell rang to signify round 5 has begun

It's a 4rth round stoppage....FFS. The fifth round hasn't even begun yet. Fourth round TKO.

Rtd........?

If he cant come out for round 5, then it's a round 5 stoppage seeing as round 4 has already been completed.

Any help here, sluggers?