Eric Donovan has suffered an eighth-round stoppage defeat to Zelfa Barrett in his IBF intercontinental super-featherweight title fight.
Lilywhite Lightning was twice knocked to the canvas in the seventh-round against the Englishman on the "Fight Camp" card at Matchroom Boxing's head-quarters in Essex.
Donovan survived a count in the closing stages of the seventh before the referee waved off the bout with the Kildare man was again knocked down by a left hook in the second minute of the eighth.
"He came back from the depths of that fight," promoter Eddie Hearn said afterwards. "I had Barrett 4-1 down after five rounds.
"Unbelievable finish, one of the KOs of the year."
💥 BIG KNOCKOUT! 💥 @zelfaflash scores two massive knockdowns and finishes the fight with a HUGE left hook ⚡
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— Sky Sports Boxing (@SkySportsBoxing) August 14, 2020
Some shot from Barrett! Eric can be proud of that performance turned back the years for the first 6!
— Michael Conlan (@mickconlan11) August 14, 2020
Phenomenal performance from @eric_donovan60 and fantastic skill and heart @zelfaflash showed power and skill great fight Eric will be back at his own weight and should be so proud of himself 👏👏
— Niall Kennedy Boxer (@niallbaskennedy) August 14, 2020
As I said Zelfa was the puncher in the fight! Pulled the big punch out when he needed it.. Really good fight that everyone must have enjoyed? Come from behind knockout wins don’t come along very often but it has tonight! Zelfa will learn from this.. credit to both #FightCamp
— Tony Bellew (@TonyBellew) August 14, 2020
Gutted for Eric and Kenny. Had him 5-1 up after 6 but Barrett has the dynamite to get him out of trouble #Fightcamp
— Carl Frampton MBE (@RealCFrampton) August 14, 2020
