JORDAN GILL was on the receiving end of a WWE-style DDT – before brutally knocking out opponent Karim Guerfi.
Guerfi had floored Gill in round seven and was pouring on the pressure.
Jordan Gill was on the receiving end of a WWE-style DDT Credit: PA
Karim Guerfi sent Jordan Gill head-first to the canvas Credit: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing But as the pair clinched after a wild exchange, the Frenchman then put his British rival in a headlock and sent him crashing head-first.
It was reminiscent of WWE legend Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts – who made the DDT finisher famous.
Gill, 27, at that point was in survival mode and reduced to pinning himself in his corner, covering up and throwing the occasional right hand.
The featherweight contender appeared to be struggling for balance and breathe as Guerfi, 34, relentlessly attacked him in the corner.
But suddenly in round nine, Gill turned the tie on its head in the most dramatic of fashion.
A counter right hand around the side of the guard sent Guerfi rocking backwards and knocked spark out.
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The referee immediately waved it off, securing Gill an astonishing comeback win, seemingly out of nowhere.
Guerfi was treated by medics and given oxygen right away but Gill was also left worse for wear afterwards.
He tweeted: “Just out of hospital. CT scan all good, no problems just two perforated ears, and injured knee.
“Can somebody drop some ibuprofen off to room 1213.”
Both fighters were hospitalised afterwards, leaving Eddie Hearn to react on the sensational KO.
Hearn said: “That was one of the most stunning things I’ve ever seen.
“I felt like the fight should probably have been stopped; he (Gill) couldn’t stand up, he has a perforated ear drum and his balance was shot.
“He was getting beat up but looking back now, it shouldn’t have been stopped but there are many refs or cornermen who [would have stopped it].
“It was like something out of a Rocky movie when they both went over at the same time.
“At the end of the day, it’s not human what Jordan Gill did there. He couldn’t stand up, his ear drum was perforated, he has a haematoma…”
Jordan Gill’s brutal KO captured Credit: Getty Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
