Ebanie Bridges’ brutal title defense had it all

Mole face Bridges' in the NY Post:

Ebanie Bridges has turned a flamethrower on bitter rival Shannon O’Connell after an explosive fallout to their world title fight.

The Aussie boxing world champion has celebrated retaining her IBF bantamweight belt by rubbing her opponent’s nose in it after it emerged O’Connell had made a distasteful final gesture before leaving the ring.

Bridges stunned the fight world on Sunday in Leeds when she demolished O’Connell with an eighth-round stoppage.

The all-Aussie showdown turned into a grudge match after Bridges and O’Connell traded barbs in the leadup to the fight billed as the biggest women’s fight in Australian boxing history.

Bridges had been labeled a “skanky stripper” by O’Connell in the fierce build-up and was also accused of “disrespecting” Australian boxing by staging the fight in the UK where Bridges has a massive fan base.

The 36-year-old former school teacher from western Sydney has thrown the accusation back in O’Connell’s face after the South Australian was spotted sticking her middle finger up as the TKO result was made official in the ring.

It emerged behind the scenes that O’Connell’s gesture was directed at Bridges’ friend and fellow Aussie boxer Skye Nicolson.

 

“I feel like Shannon just takes things very personally,” she said in an interview shared on her Instagram stories.

“I was cheering for my friend who supports my boxing career. And I support her and her boxing career. I was clapping for my friend while they were announcing the decision. And while she was standing in the middle of the ring she flipped the bird and said “f–k you slut.”

She followed it up by saying with a chuckle: “Rude. A little bit personal, but that’s OK”.

The Commonwealth Games gold medallist said after the fight: “Shannon didn’t want to be there from about Round 3”.

Bridges has now taken a swipe at O’Connell with a series of posts on her Instagram stories.

She said in one shared post: “I put her back in her place.”

She said in another post: “Can’t believe Shannon stuck her finger up at @skyebnic Center ring and said ‘f–k you slut. Shame”.

She also captioned one photo which showed her landing a power punch square on O’Connell’s chin: “I did it for all those girls in Aus who got s–t decisions against this woman”.
It explains why Bridges didn’t put the beef behind her when interviewed in the ring after the fight.

“You know what, not bad for a skanky stripper!” Bridges said in her post-fight speech.

The quip was in reference to O’Connell’s repeated insult in the buildup to the fight.

 

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