ROUND 5 (continued)
Referee Lupe Garcia swoops in, pushes Limon toward a neutral corner and begins the count over Gatti, who is lying on his left side, with that arm pinned under him and the other bent at an unnatural angle above him, his eyes frozen open.
1 ...
2 ...
3 ...
4 ... (Gatti finally blinks)
5 ...
6 ...
7 ...
8 ... (Gatti flexes as if trying to do a side-crunch, and begins turning onto his back from his side)
9 ... (In a remarkable athletic display, Gatti leaps to his feet just as Garcia is about to toll 10)
After looking him over and asking a few cursory questions, Garcia nods to Gatti and steps aside, clearing the way for the fight to resume.
Limon drives home a straight left to the belly, but the bell rings before he can further batter his dazed foe.
The 10-8 round puts Limon ahead, 48-47, on Jim Trunzo's unofficial card.