How is boxing judged? And does a KO immediately mean the other person wins?
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>How is boxing judged?
As someone else said, there are three independent judges who watch the bout and decide who wins each round. Professional boxing is scored a 10 point system that awards the winner of the bout 10 points. Generally the other boxer is awarded 9 points unless they were clearly dominated in a round. Rounds are scored based on a boxer’s ability to land clean punches, their ring-generalship, and their ability to execute their offensive game plan. Boxers generally have points deducted for being knocked down or executing excessive fouls.
>And does a KO immediately mean the other person wins?
A boxing match is legally over when one boxer cannot respond to the referee’s count. The referee is the final say in the match, and if they decide that one boxer is unfit to continue, they can end the match with a TKO (technical knockout) as opposed to a failure to respond to the referee’s 10 count. A referee can stop the count at any point if they see that the boxer is clearly unable to respond/is not fit to continue fighting. There are different rules in terms of when a boxer can compete again based on how they lose a match, with longer wait periods dictated for the more severe a finish.
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