'She has a great set so why not?' - World champion boxer Ebanie Bridges jokes she wishes she thought of Tai Emery's flashing celebration that went viral following Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship debut victory

2022-10-08 11:52:47 By : Ms. judy zhu

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Many fans were shocked by Tai Emery’s flashing celebration, but Ebanie Bridges response was to simply say ‘good on her’.

Bridges is the IBF bantamweight world champion and she has been in some terrific contests so far in her nine-fight professional career, including most notably an absolute war with Shannon Courtenay last year.

Before her boxing skills could do the talking, however, Bridges garnered attention by showing up to weigh-ins dressed in lingerie.

This has led to her accumulating a passionate, if slightly unusual fanbase, as she revealed she has had people messaging her offering money for her socks, bathwater or just to be insulted.

With that being said, after Emery won her Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship debut and decided to flash the crowd in celebration, Bridges was inundated with fans asking for her to follow suit.

“I wish I thought of that before she did it,” Bridges joked when Emery’s celebration came up. “But now she’s done it, I can’t do it.

“Bare knuckle boxing is pretty wild and the characters are too, but it was cool.

“I’m not going to be flashing my boobs anytime soon, sorry guys, but good on her, it looked like she has a great set, so why not?” 

In terms of her other strange requests from fans, Bridges told talkSPORT courtesy of bet365 that she was not bothered as long as she’s profiting financially.

“Give me your money, that’s my response!” Bridges laughed.

“You want my stuff, then you’ve got to give me your money. There’s plenty of weird people out there.

“I haven’t sold my bathwater, but I’ve been getting so many weird requests I was thinking should I go buy some jars? 

“I’ve done the socks and my feet because it’s a laugh and harmless. I thought it was funny and they ended up paying, so now any requests that come through, I’m just like here is my PayPal.

“You’d think normal people would want lingerie or something like that, but it’s all feet and socks.

“I do get the random requests for the bathwater and other weird things which I won’t go into now.

“It’s all side money at the end of the day, if they want to pay then it’s up to them.”

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