Ebanie Bridges unrecognisable as boxer posts pair of images of when she was 21
Ebanie Bridges reminisced again to her ring woman days as she posted a pair of images of herself aged 21.
The Blonde Bomber, who’s now 37 years outdated, hasn’t at all times been carrying a pair of gloves within the ring. Before beginning her personal boxing profession, her first style of fight sports activities concerned parading her flawless determine across the squared circle.
Bridges shared a snap from considered one of her ring-girling duties as she joined in a social media pattern of posting a throwback picture from if you have been 21. “Everyone tap in. Let’s see you at 21,” she wrote.
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She adopted that up with one other picture taken in her native Australia. It confirmed her carrying a pair of quick jean shorts and a low-cut white crop high at what a competition.
Former IBF bantamweight world champion Bridges nonetheless sports activities the identical flowing blonde locks however has grown up rather a lot within the 16 years since, which have seen her change into a hit out and in of the ring.
But she does miss her origins, beforehand telling Pub Talk: “I was a ring girl. I love combat sports, I grew up with it, so for me to be at the fights… I loved it. I got paid mad money, probably more than some of the fighters, to sit ringside.
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(Image: Instagram/ebanie_bridges)
(Image: Instagram/ebanie_bridges)
“I loved being part of the entertainment, being paid to watch those fights,” she added. “You’ve got people saying it’s sexist, it’s objectifying… maybe I want to be objectified.”
Bridges would additionally revel within the skimpy outfits she’d sport, an method she nonetheless takes to this present day in relation to her lingerie-clad weigh-ins.
She added: “I’d be walking around in a G-string – they don’t do the G-strings these days but back in my heyday, that’s how we used to do it.”
