Editing Knockout (section)

==Knockdown==
[[File:Box24-knock-down.jpg|thumb|right|275px|A boxer has been knocked out and is being inspected by a ring doctor.]]
A '''knockdown''' occurs when a fighter touches the floor of the ring with any part of the body other than the feet following a hit, but is able to rise back up and continue fighting. The term is also used if the fighter is hanging on to the ropes, caught between the ropes, or is hanging over the ropes and is unable to fall to the floor and cannot protect himself. A knockdown triggers [[Mandatory eight count|a count]] by the referee (normally to 10); if the fighter fails the count, then the fight is ended as a KO.<ref name="Boxing Terminology">[http://www.ringsidebygus.com/boxing-terms.html#k Boxing Terminology] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625131941/http://www.ringsidebygus.com/boxing-terms.html |date=2012-06-25 }} ''Ringside by Gus''. URL last accessed June 17, 2008.</ref>

A '''flash knockdown''' is a knockdown in which the fighter hits the canvas but is not noticeably hurt or affected.<ref name="Boxing Terminology"/>