84:. In the seventh round, Dempsey knocked Tunney down, but did not go to a neutral corner as a new rule required him to. Referee Dave Barry did not start counting over Tunney until he had ushered Dempsey to a neutral corner, wasting several seconds. Tunney rose to his feet, having been on the canvas for around 17 seconds, and went on to win a decision, thus retaining his title. The controversy over the long count ensured the fight went down in history as
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in their 1961 rubbermatch, having been counted out despite rising a split second before the referee reached ten. Film footage showed
Johansson had actually been down for between 11 and 12 seconds. Ultimately, a referee's ten count is rarely a precise ten seconds; rather, it is simply a human's count
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had a long count controversy which drew comparisons with
Dempsey-Tunney. Bute, ahead on points, was knocked down in the final seconds of the bout, rose at the count of six, and then the referee interrupted the count in order to send Andrade back to a neutral corner. By the time the count had
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tried to overturn the result, arguing that
Douglas had spent between 13 and 14 seconds on the canvas after being knocked down by Tyson in an earlier round, and had therefore been knocked out first.
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stipulating that a fighter has ten seconds to rise from a knockdown, studies of knockouts have shown that a referee's ten count does not typically last ten seconds. When
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but, in the confusion that followed, Liston was down for more than 10 seconds before getting up and resuming the fight. At
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then stopped the fight 17 seconds after the knockdown. In a 1966 match, referee
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was thought to have got a short count after being knocked down by
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204:to ten and the referee’s count is final.
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65:received a long count in his fight with
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443:"Featherweights unsatisfied with draw"
416:"What They Really Meant to Say Was..."
175:finished, twenty seconds had elapsed.
72:The term is now often associated with
389:"'Long Count' charged in title fight"
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494:"Bute Defeats Andrade on Long Count"
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974:International Boxing Hall of Fame
270:"Memorable Long Counts In Boxing"
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552:"Films show Ingo got long count"
363:"Referee's Count Is What Counts"
21:Mesoamerican Long Count calendar
526:"A Long History of Long Counts"
237:"Marquess of Queensberry rules"
999:Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act
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1039:HBO World Championship Boxing
673:Marquess of Queensberry Rules
361:Anderson, Dave (1990-02-12).
333:"Long Count Spurs Long Delay"
185:Marquess of Queensberry Rules
1014:Women Boxing Archive Network
524:Florence, Mal (1990-02-13).
441:Katz, Michael (2004-05-10).
331:Gustkey, Earl (1990-02-12).
304:. 1997-09-22. Archived from
138:In February 1990, following
86:The Battle of the Long Count
162:received a slow count from
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191:was counted out against
78:heavyweight championship
19:Not to be confused with
1067:Commons:Category:Boxing
984:List of boxing families
668:London Prize Ring Rules
1103:Kickboxing terminology
150:, Tyson's camp led by
140:James "Buster" Douglas
127:was accused of giving
119:'s prompting, referee
63:Bombardier Billy Wells
131:a long count against
1019:List of boxing films
994:Dementia pugilistica
929:Ancient Greek boxing
828:Short straight-punch
214:The Long Count Fight
111:was knocked down by
101:standing eight count
1004:Bare-knuckle boxing
715:Lineal championship
642:White-collar boxing
617:Professional boxing
308:on October 26, 2012
170:'s 2008 fight with
160:Juan Manuel Márquez
1098:Boxing terminology
301:Sports Illustrated
121:Jersey Joe Walcott
33:is a term used in
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959:Championship belt
745:Corner retirement
531:Los Angeles Times
500:. 25 October 2008
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338:Los Angeles Times
276:. 7 December 2008
197:Ingemar Johansson
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562:. Retrieved
560:. 1961-03-15
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249:. Retrieved
245:the original
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183:Despite the
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129:Carlos Ortíz
113:Muhammad Ali
109:Sonny Liston
105:1965 rematch
93:Archie Moore
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989:Tent boxing
944:Boxing ring
898:Rope-a-dope
168:Lucian Bute
133:Sugar Ramos
82:Gene Tunney
43:knocked out
16:Boxing term
1092:Categories
1009:Slapboxing
893:Peek-a-boo
888:Check hook
853:Styles and
838:Liver shot
823:Bolo punch
755:Long count
735:Tomato can
730:Journeyman
725:Gatekeeper
647:Kickboxing
564:2011-09-20
537:2011-09-20
454:2011-09-20
427:2011-09-20
401:2011-09-20
374:2011-09-20
344:2011-09-20
312:2011-09-21
220:References
189:Billy Conn
164:Joe Cortez
148:Mike Tyson
125:Billy Conn
67:Dick Smith
31:slow count
27:Long count
873:Head fake
855:technique
241:Bbhof.com
193:Joe Louis
964:Compubox
903:Footwork
878:Slipping
808:Overhand
803:Uppercut
760:Outpoint
740:Knockout
208:See also
152:Don King
76:'s 1927
922:Related
868:Bobbing
775:Punches
49:History
39:referee
954:BoxRec
720:Cutman
606:Boxing
179:Timing
35:boxing
797:Swing
788:Cross
692:Terms
656:Rules
146:over
793:Hook
506:2011
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