Amazingly this is not covered in the State Laws Governing Boxing in California. I only have the Rules and Regulations little red book for California, so I'm not sure of any other state.
It states: A boxer shall be deemed "down" when any part of his body but his feet is on the floor, or if he is hanging helplessly over the ropes. A referee can count a contestant out either on the ropes or on the floor.
I think that anything else is a discretionary call by the ref. So the answer in California is NO. Sitting on the bottom rope is not counted as a knockdown.
Technically it's supposed to be a knock down because Bradley would have been on the canvas if the bottom rope wasn't there.
When Raphael Marquez stumbled backwards into the turn buckle after a clean punch from Israel Vasquez ,it was considered a knock down ,Marquez protested that he never went down ,but the referee said it WAS a knock down because Marquez would have hit the canvas if the turn buckle wasn't there, so i guess Bradley caught a break.
I guess this is an area where the rules and regulations need to be more uniformed considering the way the Provodnikov/Bradley and the Vasquez/Marquez referees decisions opposed each other.
Well I'm not quite sure what the actual rules say but on my understanding and common sense?, I would have to say yes, its a nice question though
Why would/should the fighter be sitting on the bottom rope?,,other than to avoid being hit? Presumably if no other significant events took place during the round it would go 10-8 in favour of the other fighter...like I said not sure of real rules but just my own common sense :)
No its not especially the gloves. If the knee touches the canvas that is counted. But in the case with the ropes I'd say the refere would have to decide on the spot
When that happens the referee has to make a decision as to whether or not the ropes prevented him from going down. If he thinks they did then he will order the judges to score it as a knockdown.
All depends if the gloves touch the canvas , that is the official knock down rule
I noticed that Tim Bradley did this twice against Provodnikov. I thought this was considered a knockdown?
