{"id":256551,"date":"2022-12-12T19:48:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T20:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=256551"},"modified":"2022-12-13T04:58:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T04:58:55","slug":"aussie-champs-fury-at-shameful-post-fight-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=256551","title":{"rendered":"Aussie champ&#039;s fury at &#039;shameful&#039; post-fight move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fight might be over but the war of words certainly isn&#x27;t.<\/p>\n<p>Following \ufeffEbanie Bridges&#x27; eighth-round stoppage of Shannon O&#x27;Connell In Leeds on the weekend, it appears things have not simmered down after both women took their grudge match into the ring.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/combat-sports\/boxing-news-2022-ebanie-bridges-shannon-oconnell-clash-over-strippers-weigh-in-bikini\/a037d26e-159c-4780-bbce-d6bbc52cc3da\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Ebanie Bridges\">Bridges<\/a> continued her verbal spar with her\ufeff bitter rival after vision emerged of O&#x27;Connell flipping the bird at a rival supporter as the TKO win to Bridges was being announced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/news-2022-nick-kyrgios-stefanos-tsitsipas-team-up-in-diriyah-tennis-cup-doubles\/780f2b39-5627-447a-82c9-8e7ce1993442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Kyrgios&#x27; unlikely doubles date with feuding rival<\/strong><\/a><strong>\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/candice-warner-abused-at-adelaide-test-match-news-2022\/653981e0-f731-4a02-98d6-2c509195bd71\" target=\"\" title=\"Candice Warner cops &#x27;vile&#x27; abuse in front of kids\ufeff\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Candice Warner cops &#x27;vile&#x27; abuse in front of kids\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\/aleague-2022-league-blasted-for-decision-to-move-grand-finals-to-sydney\/5826b6d5-f78d-44f8-b466-38784d449f27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>A-Leagues&#x27; $10m grand final cash grab infuriates fans<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"a0ddcea0-78e7-47dd-aa11-0669d60f731e\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/a0ddcea0-78e7-47dd-aa11-0669d60f731e\" alt=\"Ebanie Bridges and Shannon OConnell exchange blows during their IBF Women&#x27;s World Bantamweight title fight at First Direct Arena in Leeds. (Photo by Nigel Roddis\/Getty Images)\" data-width=\"4693\" data-height=\"3129\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#x27;s understood that O&#x27;Connell&#x27;s gesture was directed at Bridges&#x27; friend and fellow Aussie boxer Skye Nicolson.<\/p>\n<p>Nicolson was working as a commentator for the bout and recently joined Bridges in signing with Eddie Hearn&#x27;s Matchroom Boxing.<\/p>\n<p>She said O&#x27;Connell did not take the loss well and described her actions as &quot;rude&quot;.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"448e8de3-1dcb-4dc8-851b-057ee4824d93\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/448e8de3-1dcb-4dc8-851b-057ee4824d93\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"4610\" data-height=\"3422\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I feel like Shannon just takes things very personally,&quot; she said on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I was cheering for my friend who supports my boxing career. And I support her and her boxing career. I was clapping for my friend while they were announcing the decision. And while she was standing in the middle of the ring she flipped the bird and said &quot;f&#8212; you s&#8212;&quot;.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"ec72c742-1391-4163-91a4-db763108f147\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/ec72c742-1391-4163-91a4-db763108f147\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"4574\" data-height=\"3285\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Rude. A little bit personal, but that&#x27;s OK&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>In defence of Nicolson, Bridges \ufefftook a swipe at O&#x27;Connell with a series of posts on her Instagram stories.<\/p>\n<p>She said in one shared post: &quot;I put her back in her place&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>She said in another post: &quot;Can&#x27;t believe Shannon stuck her finger up at @skyebnic Center ring and said &#x27;f&#8212; you s&#8212;&#x27;. Shame&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>She also captioned one photo which showed her landing a power punch: &quot;I did it for all those girls in Aus who got shit decisions against this woman&quot;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/edm?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\"><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/a><strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The fight might be over but the war of words certainly isn&#x27;t. Following \ufeffEbanie Bridges&#x27; eighth-round stoppage of Shannon O&#x27;Connell In Leeds on the weekend, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=256551\" title=\"Aussie champ&#039;s fury at &#039;shameful&#039; post-fight move\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256551"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=256551"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256553,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256551\/revisions\/256553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=256551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=256551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=256551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}