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Boxing champion Ebanie Bridges fires back at OnlyFans backlash

Former boxing champion Ebanie Bridges has lashed out at the “small minded” people who criticize her for running an OnlyFans account.

Posting on X earlier this weekꦅ, Bridges, 37, spoke out against unspecified detractors who she believe are singling her out.

“People complain I do onlyfans – even tho SO MANY BOXERS (female and male) ALSO DO ONLYFANS but they don’t complain and discredit those boxers.. just me,” .

Ebanie Bridges during the weigh in at The Queens Hotel in Leeds in 2022. PA Images via Getty Images

“[S]orry I make more money on onlyfans than i do putting my life on hold training praying for a promoter to give me a fight all year…. Thankfully I have onlyfans [because] if I didn’t I’d be a broke ass bitch. Boxing don’t pay, [especially] when you don’t get fights… people expect me to just twiddle my thumbs and be broke waiting on fights with no income.

“Im so [blessed] I have people that enjoy supporting me and seeing my personal life, exclusively, [because] the reality is I don’t show nothing about my life or personal life on socials. Good luck any of my followers on my socials having any idea of what I actually do in my days who I’m with, when I’m training and what’s going on.

“My onlyfans is where you really get to know me and see what I’m up to… that’s why it’s exclusive… I [don’t] want to give the world access to my private life. And I also don’t wanna be a broke ass bitch [because] people are small minded and judge me but no one else for OF.”

Ebanie Bridges looks on ahead of taking on Shannon OâConnell in their IBF Women’s World Bantamweight title fight at First Direct Arena on December 10, 2022 in Leeds, England. Getty Images
Ebanie Bridges celebrates after defeating Shannon OâConnell during their IBF Women’s World Bantamweight title fight at First Direct Arena on December 10, 2022 in Leeds, England. Getty Images

Bridges defeated María Cecilia Román for the IBF women’s bantamweight title in 2022 and, after one successful title defense, lost the championship to Miyo Yoshida by unanimous decision late last year.