Australian boxer Shannon O’Connell has been criticised for a classless act instantly following her defeat to bitter rival Ebanie Bridges in Sunday’s blockbuster world title combat.
Bridges placed on a clinic in opposition to O’Connell to retain her IBF bantamweight world title and dethrone the ‘queen of Australian boxing’ O’Connell with a surprising efficiency that noticed her win by brutal TKO in Leeds.
Australian boxer Shannon O’Connell has been criticised for giving an viewers member the finger instantly following her defeat to bitter rival Ebanie Bridges
Bridges placed on a clinic in opposition to O’Connell to retain her IBF bantamweight world title and dethrone the ‘queen of Australian boxing’ with a brutal TKO
Following the loss to Bridges, O’Connell was seen giving the center finger to anyone outdoors the ring – who has now been revealed as Australian boxer Skye Nicolson.
Nicolson, who’s a Commonwealth Video games gold medalist, was ringside throughout the bout so she might assist her pal Bridges – and O’Connell did not take kindly to it.
Following the bout, Nicolson gave a media interview and revealed that O’Connell additionally directed an X-rated remark at her.
‘I really feel like Shannon simply takes issues very personally,’ she instructed IFL TV. ‘I used to be cheering for my pal, who helps my boxing profession, I assist her and her boxing profession.
Following the loss to Bridges, O’Connell might be seen giving the center finger gesture to anyone outdoors the ring – who has now been revealed as Australian boxer Skye Nicolson (pictured)
‘I used to be clapping for my pal once they had been asserting the choice, and while she (O’Connell) is standing in the midst of the ring, she flipped the hen and stated, ‘F**ok you, s**t!”
Bridges took to social media after the combat to touch upon O’Connell’s habits.
‘And he or she says I’ve no morals,’ Bridges wrote on Instagram – referencing O’Connell’s criticism of her behavior of sporting lingerie at her pre-fight weigh-ins.
‘Sorry, who’s the unhealthy function mannequin?’ Bridges stated in one other put up with a photograph of O’Connell making the center finger gesture.
‘Sorry, who’s the unhealthy function mannequin?’ Bridges stated in an Instagram put up with a photograph of O’Connell giving the center finger gesture
‘Cannot consider Shannon caught her finger up at @skyebnic centre ring and stated ‘F***ok you s***’. Disgrace’ Bridges wrote in a 3rd put up.
The confrontation between the champ and O’Connell began months earlier than the bout with O’Connell branding her rival a ‘skanky stripper’.
The 39-year-old additionally tried to intimidate Bridges once they met face-to-face in Leeds final Thursday, telling her, ‘You are f**ked, b***h’ – solely to have her opponent snigger in her face.
O’Connell additionally insulted Bridges over her weight earlier than the bout, describing her as a ‘fats c***’ earlier than they stood on the scales.
The confrontation between the champ (pictured) and O’Connell had began months earlier than the bout with O’Connell branding her rival a ‘skanky stripper’
Bridges instructed Every day Mail Australia that she does not know the place all of the hatred is coming from – and that she did not even know O’Connell previous to signing on to combat her.
‘She simply hates me, and we have by no means met,’ Bridges stated.
‘She retains saying issues about me, calling me a skanky stripper – I am apparently ‘bare’ as a result of I am sporting lingerie.
‘Everybody wears underwear. What the f***! The message I am pushing is cease judging girls. I am embracing my femininity.’
Bridges is well-equipped to deal with abuse from her opponents and trolls on-line, and insists that it comes with the territory whenever you’re on the high of your sport.
Bridges is well-equipped with dealing with abuse from her opponents and trolls on-line, and insists that it comes with the territory of being on the high of the game
‘It doesn’t matter what – have a look at (Floyd) Mayweather, he is unbelievable, he nonetheless has so many haters. Everybody has haters. Canelo has haters. Clarissa Shields has haters. Some individuals simply hate,’ she stated.
‘The actual individuals, the those who perceive boxing, that know boxing, that do not have some private vendetta … they will see the reality of me, they will see what I’ve carried out and what I’m, and that is all that issues.
‘I do not fuss an excessive amount of about those who hate and might’t see it. I am not right here to actually show anybody fallacious, I am simply right here to be my finest and do my finest.’
The win is the Blonde Bomber’s tenth skilled combat, and she is going to now doubtless look to contest a bantamweight unification combat.
