SUCH was the steadiness and consistency of Jordan Gill tonight (April 13) in Manchester, it appeared only a bolt from the blue or, more accurately, the kind of the punch from which there is no coming back would see Zelfa Barrett turn things around and reduce a narrow deficit on the scorecards.
Typically, when in need of something decisive, there is no punch more decisive than a body shot and this both Gill and Barrett came to understand more than ever in round 10. It was in this round Gill, buoyed by momentum and keen to stretch a lead, continued to stalk Barrett and chip away at his ambition, and it was in this round, too, that Barrett dropped Gill with a left hook to the body in the opening minute.
At that point, given Gill’s reaction, the fight appeared as good as over. The tell-tale signs of a wounded warrior were there for all to see: down on his back, writhing in pain, everything seemingly sucked out of him. Then,…
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