Referee technical decision

A referee technical decision (RTD), corner retirement[1][2][3] or corner stoppage[4][5] are terms used in boxing to describe a fight that ends when, during any rest period between rounds, a boxer themselves refuses to continue or their corner pulls them out, forcing the referee to call an end to the fight. In contrast, a technical knockout (TKO) may only be declared by the referee or ringside doctor, at any stage of the fight including rest periods. In either case, an RTD still counts as a type of knockout, thus being displayed as a stoppage result on any boxer's record.

Despite the similarity in name, a technical decision (TD) is completely unrelated. The "technical decision" in an RTD is essentially a misnomer, in that no scorecards or points of any kind are involved.

References

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  3. Gray, Tom (21 March 2015). "Braehmer defeats Krasniqi, forces corner retirement". The Ring. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  4. Campbell, Brian (19 August 2015). "Sanchez disagrees that Lemieux is GGG's toughest test". ESPN. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  5. Ortega, Mark E. (20 October 2013). "Provodnikov wears down Alvarado to stoppage". The Ring. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
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