For Ebanie Bridges, Female Boxers Must Appear Full Of Charm

Ebanie Bridges in a body weight event ahead of the match against Miyo Yoshida, at the Chase Center, San Francisco, USA, Saturday (9/12/2023). (Daily Star)

JAKARTA Not without reason if Ebanie Bridges always performs in bikinis in every weight session. Including what happened ahead of his duel against Miyo Yoshida, which will be held at the Chase Center, San Francisco, California, USA on Saturday night (9/12/2023) or Sunday morning in Indonesia.

Bantam (53.5 kg) class champion IBF Female from Australia appeared in a blue bikini, in official body weight before the duel. Bridges' appearance, which is more like a ring girl, is much different from Yoshida, who looked sporty in a black training suit.

"I'm happy to be the center of attention, to be a part of this entertainment. That's why I have to look full of charm, so it's different. People say I like to look sexy, maybe that's their own view. But let it be, there's no harm for me either," said Bridges, quoted by the Daily Star.

Bridges (37 years) will defend the IBF version of the title he has held since March 2022. He was supposed to face Avril Mathie, in a duel with a bombastic theme "battle of the Boobs".

The plan was canceled, because Mathieu was injured. Then Yoshida (35 years) was chosen, a female boxer from Kagoshima, Japan. Bridges has a record match of 9-1-0 (4 KOs), while Yoshida is 16-4-0 (0 KOs).

I was once a ring girl, and grew up in a combat sports environment. So I'm always enthusiastic about facing a fight," Bridges said again.

Ebanie Bridges vs Miyo Yoshida is one of the additional matches of the main fight, the WBC super lightweight title (63.5 kg) between defending champion Regis Prograis vs Devin Haney.