Rule 14: Judges

  1. Dress: the judges shall be dressed as same as referee.  Appropriate jackets may be worn when authorised.  Eye glasses can be used if required.


  2. Duties;

    • Each Judges shall independently judge the merits of the 2 contestants and shall decide the winner according to the rules.

    • He shall not speck to a contestant or to another Judge, nor to anyone else except the referee during the contest, but may, it is necessary, at the end of a round, bring to the notice of the referee any incident which he (the referee) may appear not to have noticed, such as the misconduct of a second, loose ropes etc.

    • The number of points awarded to each competitor shall be entered by a Judge on his scoring paper immediately after the end of each round.

    • At the end of the bout a Judge shall total the points, nominate a winner and sign his scoring paper, and his verdict shall be made known to the public. 

    • He shall not leave his seat until the verdict has been announced to the public.