Ebanie Bridges joked her eyes have been larger than her boobs after taking battering
Ebanie Bridges might be hoping her boobs stay larger than her eyes when she takes on Miyo Yoshida in her subsequent combat.
The Blonde Bomber faces Yoshida in San Francisco on Saturday, after her authentic opponent Avril Mathie was compelled to drag out of their so-called Battle of the Boobs. While boxing followers have been gutted at information of Mathie’s withdrawal, they will be delighted that Bridges has discovered one other opponent as she bids to defender her IBF girls’s bantamweight title.
Bridges claimed the bantamweight title in opposition to Maria Cecilia Roman in Leeds final 12 months, triumphing through unanimous determination. However, her first try to win the belt did not go fairly to plan.
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The Aussie favorite confronted outdated foe Shannon Courtenay just below 12 months prior with the identical reward on the road. On that event, Bridges got here up brief in opposition to the English fighter in what stays the one blemish on her skilled file.
It was a conflict of heads that took its toll on Bridges who, in her personal phrases, was left with a watch that appeared larger than her iconic boobs after clashing heads within the fifth spherical.
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Bridges and Yoshida are preventing on the undercard of the Devin Haney versus Regis Prograis showdown, for the latter’s WBC mild welterweight championship, at San Francisco’s well-known Chase Center on Saturday, December 9.
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Her left eye ballooned in dimension, leaving her unable to see correctly. But, ever the joker, Bridges made mild of the dramatic incident after the combat.
“What a war – blood, guts and heart. Not a pretty face anymore. My eyes are bigger than my boobs,” she mentioned. “I love fighting. I enjoy every bit of it. What can I say?”
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The terrible conflict turned Bridges’ eyelid a shade of purple, however she remained in good spirits within the days following the combat, including: “No modelling for a few days.”
Now she goals to retain her bantamweight title for the second time, having efficiently defended it one 12 months in the past in opposition to Shannon O’Connell final December.