Corner retirement, the Glossary
A corner retirement or corner stoppage – abbreviated "RTD (Retired)" by BoxRec – are terms used in boxing to describe a fight that ends when, during any rest period between rounds, a boxer refuses to continue or their corner pulls them out, thereby forcing the referee to call an end to the fight.[1]
Table of Contents
12 relations: Boxing, Boxing News, BoxRec, Cornerman, ESPN, Knockout, List of world heavyweight boxing champions, Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston, Newsquest, Referee (boxing), Sonny Liston, The Ring (magazine).
- Boxing rules and regulations
Boxing
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art.
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Boxing News
Boxing News is a British weekly boxing magazine published by iD Sports Media.
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BoxRec
BoxRec or boxrec.com is a website dedicated to holding updated records of professional and amateur boxers, both male and female.
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Cornerman
In combat sports, a cornerman, or second, is a coach or trainer assisting a fighter during a bout.
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ESPN
ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.
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Knockout
A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo and other sports involving striking, as well as fighting-based video games. Corner retirement and knockout are boxing rules and regulations.
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List of world heavyweight boxing champions
At boxing's beginning, the heavyweight division had no weight limit, and historically the weight class has gone with vague or no definition.
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Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston
The two fights between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston for boxing's World Heavyweight Championship were among the most controversial fights in the sport's history.
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Newsquest
Newsquest Media Group Limited is the second largest publisher of regional and local newspapers in the United Kingdom.
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Referee (boxing)
The referee in boxing is the individual charged with enforcing the rules of that sport during a match.
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Sonny Liston
Charles L. "Sonny" Liston (– December 30, 1970), nicknamed "The Big Bear", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1953 to 1970.
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The Ring (magazine)
The Ring (often called The Ring magazine or Ring magazine) is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine.
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See also
Boxing rules and regulations
- Below the belt
- Boxing weight classes
- Broughton Rules
- Corner retirement
- Cutman
- Decisions in combat sports
- Disqualification (boxing)
- Interim championship
- Knockout
- Lineal championship
- London Prize Ring Rules
- Majority decision
- Majority draw
- Mandatory eight count
- Marquess of Queensberry Rules
- Newspaper decision
- No contest (combat sports)
- Points decision
- Split decision
- Split draw
- Standing eight count
- Technical decision
- Technical draw
- Unanimous decision
- Walker Law
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corner_retirement
Also known as Corner stoppage, Referee Technical Decision.