The Count Of Ten

[edgarg]

Many years ago, it occurred to me that when a boxer goes down from a punch, and the ref begins his count, (sometimes picking it up from the timekeeper), the first second only has expired at the count of TWO........... I've never been able to actually see the timekeeper begin his count, always only the ref. .But does he wait a full second before he counts "ONE"..?????? It seems to me that he doesn't..

(except in the Tyson- Buster Douglas fiasco, when the cound was actually 14)

But the ref waves the fight off as soon as he reaches "TEN", so it actually may be important to know. Otherwise the full ten seconds would not have been reached until the ref counts "ELEVEN"...

[Mike_b]

Many years ago, it occurred to me that when a boxer goes down from a punch, and the ref begins his count, (sometimes picking it up from the timekeeper), the first second only has expired at the count of TWO........... I've never been able to actually see the timekeeper begin his count, always only the ref. .But does he wait a full second before he counts "ONE"..?????? It seems to me that he doesn't..

(except in the Tyson- Buster Douglas fiasco, when the cound was actually 14)

But the ref waves the fight off as soon as he reaches "TEN", so it actually may be important to know. Otherwise the full ten seconds would not have been reached until the ref counts "ELEVEN"...

It pisses me off fights like this: like you alluded to, in the Robbie Peden Nate Campbell fight Nate was given a fast count. He actually beat the ten count, but the ref was acting like he was late for a train, plane or bus.