technical knockout
Noun
Meaning
a knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue
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A technical knockout goes down as a knockout in a boxer's record, but as a TKO in an MMA fighter's record.
A technical knockout would also be awarded if a fighter lands a punch that opens a cut on the opponent, and the opponent is later deemed not fit to continue by a doctor because of the cut.
Gonzalez was the aggressor in the one-sided affair, and won by technical knockout in the ninth round after dropping Yafai earlier in the eight with a fierce right hook.
Jason Moloney scored a technical knockout over Leonardo Baez in Moloney’s Las Vegas debut in the main event of Top Rank’s boxing card Thursday at the MGM Grand.
Iqbal only needed one round to clinch victory in the 57k Class A division, beating Jessie Goddey, of New Astley ABC, by a technical knockout after the referee was forced to give his opponent three standing counts.
In that case, the other participant is awarded a technical knockout win.