In the battle of Olympic ticket between Ha Thi Linh and Finnish boxers, Ha Thi Linh had a situation of hit, counted by the referee in the 3rd half. But in this half, there were still 3/5 of Ha Thi Linh's assessment to win the opponent, instead of losing.
If this is a professional boxing match, Ha Thi Linh will definitely lose this half, even being dotted 8-10. However, Ha Thi Linh did not lose, even the majority of assessment of victory. This comes from the rules in the Olympic level boxing score.
Different from the professional boxing, where the boxers were defaulted by the default knockout and lost 8-10 in that half, the high performance boxing has another regulation. Knock-downs are not considered as a element to be deducted. The basis for calculating the victory point is based on the number of punches.
In the case of two fighters with the same number of punches, taking into account the number of Knock-Down situations becomes a decisive factor to win and lose. For that reason, the majority of referees still given the victory of Ha Thi Linh, thereby helping her win the final.
In fact, similar situations of Ha Thi Linh appeared quite a lot in national boxing tournaments. Since then, the need to understand the law of Boxing has become increasingly urgent, especially for the coaches, but the person who directly trains and trains athletes in each locality.
Currently, the Vietnam Boxing Federation is organizing a training course on coach, high -performance boxing arbitration. This is an essential program to improve the qualifications and professional quality for coaches, athletes and referees, in the context of Vietnam boxing more deeply integrated with the world playground.