Corner retirement
A corner retirement ends a fight when a boxer or corner quits.
In boxing, a corner retirement, also known as a corner stoppage, happens when a fighter decides not to continue or their corner pulls them out between rounds. The referee ends the bout, and it is recorded as RTD (Retired). This result counts as a knockout and appears as a stoppage on a boxer's record. A corner can also throw in the towel, a clear sign of surrender that forces the referee to stop the fight immediately. This tradition began in the late 1800s when trainers used towels or sponges to concede defeat.
Quick Facts
- Official abbreviation
- RTD
- Full term
- Retired
- Classification
- Type of knockout
- Notable example
- Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay, February 25, 1964
- Result of that bout
- Clay declared winner by RTD, became world heavyweight champion
- Origin of towel gesture
- Late 19th century
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