Former world champion boxer Ebanie Bridges has defended her OnlyFans account and says she wants it because the struggle provides have dried up.
Bridges, who misplaced her IBF bantamweight title to Miyo Yoshida in December, felt compelled to come back out swinging after a backlash from a piece of the boxing neighborhood. The Aussie is famed for her risque weigh-in outfits, or lack thereof, and makes use of OnlyFans to complement her earnings.
Nonetheless, she has confronted criticism for the observe and put out a ‘rant’ on Twitter to deal with the continuing furor.
“Folks complain I do OnlyFans – though so many boxers [female and male] additionally do OnlyFans, they don’t complain and discredit these boxers – simply me. Sorry, I earn more money on OnlyFans than I do placing my life on maintain coaching and praying for a promoter to provide me a struggle all 12 months,” she acknowledged.
“Fortunately, I’ve OnlyFans cos as a result of if I didn’t, I’d be a broke ass b****. Boxing doesn’t pay, particularly once you don’t get fights. Folks count on me simply to twiddle my thumbs and be broke ready on fights with no earnings.”
She continued, “People who decide me and solely me discriminate in opposition to me as if I’m the one boxer doing OnlyFans. I’m so blessed. I’ve individuals who get pleasure from supporting me and seeing my private life, solely as a result of the fact is I don’t present something about my life or private life on socials. Good luck to any of my followers on my socials who’ve any concept of what I really do in my days, who I’m with, after I’m coaching, and what’s occurring. My OnlyFans is the place you actually get to know me and see what I’m as much as. That’s why it’s unique.
“I don’t need to give the world entry to my personal life.”
On her lack of exercise, Bridges added, “Like what extra I bought to do? I constructed my model, my following, and my fanbase all on my own. I’ve nice collaborations throughout many industries. It’s not like I do nothing to advertise myself and complain I don’t get fights. I can struggle, and I by no means put a boring struggle on!
“I’m within the papers each few days. I’ve labored exhausting to get the place I’m and have the family title I’ve. I labored exhausting to construct myself, on my own, in lower than two years of turning professional. I labored exhausting to get the chance to grow to be a world champion, beating the longest reigning champ in my division in solely 5 years from my first-ever newbie boxing struggle. To not point out, I’m consistently supporting ladies’s boxing.
“I financially sponsor 4 different feminine fighters; who else try this? And thanks to OnlyFans. I can try this and assist others on their journey to chase their desires.”
Her final opponent, Yoshida, has additionally been on the sidelines since they fought. Bridges stated a rematch might have been organized by now to maintain each lively.
“It’s fairly unhappy. I used to be talking to my final opponent, Miyo Yoshida, who hasn’t fought since our struggle. We have been out of the ring for eight months, wanting the struggle. However sadly, the individuals who might manage it received’t make it occur. What a disgrace. As a champ, I really feel sorry for her for being unable to get a struggle, however I do know the sensation. I’m unsure why it’s so exhausting to make a struggle and why [they] preserve us so inactive.
“She’s a single mum, and boxing is her solely earnings so far as I do know, and she or he [And I] are simply placed on ice. If solely the followers actually knew the s*** that goes on behind the scenes.
“We’re fighters. All of us wanna be lively and struggle and get paydays,” she concluded.
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