Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A referee may at
his or her discretion warn, disqualify or deduct points from, a boxer who
engages in the following practises —
(a)
hitting below the belt;
(b)
hitting an opponent who is down or getting up after being down;
(c)
holding an opponent with one hand and hitting with the other;
(d)
holding or deliberately maintaining a clinch;
(e)
wrestling or kicking at the ropes;
(f)
butting with the head or shoulder or using the knee;
(g)
hitting with the open glove, butt of the hand, wrist or elbow, or back of the
hand;
(h)
purposely going down without being hit;
(i)
hitting on the break, or the back of the head or neck;
(k)
hitting after the bell ending the round;
(k)
pushing an opponent about the ring or into the ropes;
(l)
persistently ducking below the waistline;
(m)
swearing, abusing or deliberately ignoring the referee’s instructions.
(2) Where a referee
does not disqualify a boxer for hitting below the belt under
subclause (1) (a) the referee may, at his or her discretion, declare
the blow to be “No Foul” and do any or all of the
following —
(a)
return the recipient of the low blow to that boxer’s corner;
(b)
allow a reasonable amount of time, not exceeding the remaining time in the
round and the following one minute rest, for the recipient to recover;
(c)
request the medical practitioner to examine the injured boxer;
(d)
allow extra recovery time, if further time is recommended by the medical
practitioner; or
(e)
pronounce the boxer fit to continue.
(3) Where a rest time
or round break has concluded and one of the boxers fails to continue boxing
within 10 seconds, that boxer shall lose by knock‑out.