FORMER world champion boxer Carl Frampton stunned Countdown viewers by solving an incredibly tough maths round on the show.
The 35-year-old, who hung up his gloves last year, was the celebrity guest alongside Susie Dent in dictionary corner for this week’s episodes of the Channel 4 programme.
And the Northern Irishman stepped up to show his number skills when both contestants had failed to get the target.
The task was to work out a way of reaching 698 using 75, 7, 8, 10, 4 and 2.
Frampton, a two-weight world champion in the ring, started by multiplying 75 by 10 to get 750.
He then multiplied the 8 and 7 together to make 56 and took that off the 750 – leaving him with 694.
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The former fighter then simply added the four to reach the magical 698 without even using the 2.
He appeared to stun himself, everyone in the studio and even those watching from home by reaching the target.
And he received a round of applause for the superb effort.
But Frampton gave no indication that he was skilled at Countdown before the show aired.
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Speaking to Belfast Live about how it went, he said: “It was a great experience.
“I’ve done things in TV studios before and there was no audience so maybe that helped, but it wasn’t nerve-wracking or anything, and the fact that I was confident I was going to be helped along made things a wee bit easier for me.
“It was a great day, you do five shows and get them all done in one day, so I’m looking forward to seeing what it actually comes out like and I feel like I didn’t let myself down!”
Revealing he does watch the show at home from time to time, he went on to add: “If I was in the house at that time I would have stuck it on [the TV] because I don’t mind doing wee things like that because I feel like the odd thing like that every now and again keeps your brain active, especially when you’re not doing much with it.
“I’m probably equally as bad [at numbers and letters] but I’d say I’m slightly better with numbers than with letters.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
