Ebanie Bridges is an Australian professional boxer. She has held the IBF female bantamweight title since March 2022. As an amateur, Ebanie Bridges competed in the women’s bantamweight event at the 2016 and 2017 Australasian Golden Gloves, respectively, where she won gold. She has been nicknamed the ‘Blonde Bomber’ due to her hair color and her coach Arnel “Bomber” Barotillo.
Ebanie Bridges was born on September 22, 1986, in Sydney, Australia. At the age of five, her parents introduced her to Karate. She trained in Kickboxing and Muay Thai and later found competitive bodybuilding. She turned to boxing only at the age of 18.
Ebanie Bridges amassed a 26–4 amateur record from 2016 to 2018, during which she won the 2016 and 2017 National Golden Gloves titles, as well as the state championship titles at bantamweight.
Ebanie Bridges made her professional debut on February 8, 2019, at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney. She fought against Filipino fighter Mahiecka Pareno and won via majority decision. On October 12, 2019, she fought Laura Woods and defeated via TKO in the third round, and then in the following month had defeated Kanittha Ninthim via second-round TKO.
Ebanie Bridges challenged the reigning IBF female bantamweight champion María Cecilia Roman. The fight took place at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, England on 26 March 2022. Ebanie Bridges won the fight by unanimous decision. Two of the judges scored the fight 97–93 in her favor, while the third judge awarded her all ten rounds of the bout.
Ebanie Bridges has a professional boxing record of 8-1-0 (W-L-D) and 3 of her wins are via knockout.
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