Boxing at the Asian Games will take place across seven weight categories for men and three for women. A boxing bout consists of three rounds of three minutes each with one minute's rest between the rounds.
All bouts are scored using a traditional '10-point must system'. This means at the end of each round, judges must award 10 points to the boxer they feel won the round. The bout is scored based on the number of quality punches landed on the opponents target area -- torso above the belt and head -- and the domination of the round by technical superiority.
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The most common score is a 10-9 in favour of the winner. A one-sided round is usually scored a 10-8. A score of 10-7 usually indicates complete dominance by a boxer.
At the end of the final round, the five judges who sit around the ring add up their round-by-round scores to determine the winner. If all the judges award the win to the same boxer, it is a victory by unanimous decision. If there is a disagreement, it is considered a split decision. The points for a round are cumulative though, which means a boxer can win as long as the numbers stack up in his/her favour, even if less than three judges score them higher for an individual round.
The most common way a boxer can win a fight is by points. But boxers can also by technical knock out (TKO). A win by TKO is also known as a stoppage victory and happens when an opponent is forced to stop fighting due to an injury or is knocked down and is unable to get on their feet after a count of 10. A referee can also stop a contest if a boxer is deemed as being outclassed.