Ebanie Bridges is back in action over the weekend as she makes her return to the ring, one year after a gruesome hand injury.
Bridges is set to defend her IBF Bantamweight World Championship belt against Miyo Yoshida – after original opponent Avril Mathie pulled out. The Aussie had promised the "battle of the boobs" against Mathie, but fans will still get to see Bridges in action.
It's been quite the journey for Bridges to the pinnacle of the sport. And she started life down under as a ring girl. "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," she previously told Pub Talk.
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Bridges and Yoshida are fighting on the undercard of the Devin Haney versus Regis Prograis showdown, for the latter's WBC light welterweight championship, at San Francisco's famous Chase Center on Saturday, December 9.
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"I got paid mad money, probably more than some of the fighters, to sit ringside. 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."
She added: "I loved being part of the entertainment, being paid to watch those fights. You’ve got people saying it’s sexist, it’s objectifying… maybe I want to be objectified."
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Bridges loves to tap into her sexy side when boxing, and it's evident when she strips down to lingerie for a weigh-in. She explained to The Sun: "For me, wearing a nice matching lingerie set is just like wearing a bikini like I did on stage. I am standing there owning what I look like, and showing off my body that I've worked so hard to get.
"I want to be myself and go and enjoy that one moment. A weigh-in for me is like a bodybuilding competition. I do my hair and make-up, wear a cute little g-string, and smile for the cameras.
"It has absolutely nothing to do with, 'oh, this is going to sell'. Thankfully it does. What I like to do sells. How I like to fight sells. But it's just me being me and doing what I want to do.”
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