{"id":388728,"date":"2026-01-03T09:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T09:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/388728\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T09:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T09:51:17","slug":"ebanie-bridges-returns-to-boxing-after-two-years-out-10-months-after-giving-birth-and-says-her-young-son-will-watch-ringside-with-partner-kell-brook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/388728\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebanie Bridges returns to boxing after two years out – 10 months after giving birth – and says her young son will watch ringside with partner Kell Brook"},"content":{"rendered":"

By LUKE POWER, SPORTS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 11:41 EST, 2 January 2026 | Updated: 11:43 EST, 2 January 2026 <\/p>\n

Australian boxer Ebanie Bridges will return to boxing on Saturday night just 10 months after giving birth – and she sees it as a first step towards becoming an undisputed world champion and ‘breaking the internet’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The outspoken ‘Blonde Bomber’, 39, will make her debut in Jake Paul<\/a>‘s\u00a0Most Valuable Promotions as she faces Alexis Araiza in the bantamweight category in San Juan, Puerto Rico.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It marks a rapid turnaround after she welcomed her baby boy,\u00a0Ezerra Ray, into the world in March alongside former British boxer and ex-IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bridges is a former world champion herself, having held the\u00a0IBF female bantamweight belt between 2022 and 2023, but faces a stiff contest after two years away from the sport.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She has been out of the ring since December 2023, when she lost her title to\u00a0Miyo Yoshida, and since then has continued publishing on her OnlyFans<\/a> page. ‘Thank f*** for OnlyFans, otherwise I’d be working at f***ing McDonald’s or something in order to support myself,’ she once said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But now she can make in income from boxing again and she said: ‘I’m excited to be getting back in the ring after some time out and even more excited to have my gorgeous son ringside. He’s a whole new level of motivation for me.<\/p>\n

\"Australian <\/p>\n

Australian boxer Ebanie Bridges is back in the ring on Saturday night – just 10 months after giving birth<\/p>\n

\"She <\/p>\n

She faces off against Alexis Araiza but her long-term goal is to be the undisputed world bantamweight champion\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Bridges, <\/p>\n

Bridges, 39, had a baby boy in March with Kell Brook – a former British boxer and world champ<\/p>\n

‘I can’t wait to do what I do best: entertain, put on a show, and deliver an exciting fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Puerto Ricans are known for their heart, pride, and aggression, and those qualities are in my fundamentals. I think they’re going to love the Blonde Bomber.’<\/p>\n

Bridges fights Araiza on the undercard of\u00a0Amanda Serrano’s clash against Reina Tellez, with the former defending her\u00a0WBA and WBO featherweight titles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Serrano was originally meant to have a rematch with\u00a0Erika Cruz, but that was cancelled\u00a0following an atypical finding in Cruz’s Voluntary Anti-Doping Association test.<\/p>\n

Bridges is aiming higher than this undercard fight, though. Longer-term, she has the undisputed female bantamweight champion ‘Sugar Neekz’ in her sights.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘She’s got all the belts,’ Bridges told Fox Sports Australia.<\/p>\n

‘You know, she’s also a good friend of mine also, and I’m super proud of what she’s done and achieved.<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The ‘Blonde Bomber’ is a former IBF female world bantamweight champion\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"She <\/p>\n

She returns on the undercard for\u00a0Amanda Serrano’s clash against Reina Tellez<\/p>\n

‘She’s very deserving of it. She’s worked very hard, and I’ve loved seeing her success, but she’s got the bullseye on her back because she’s the undisputed champion.<\/p>\n

‘She’s holding all the belts, so obviously I’d like to fight to get the belts.<\/p>\n

‘It\u2019d be one of the biggest Aussie boxing fights, I think.<\/p>\n

‘Obviously, the fight with me and Shannon O\u2019Connell was the biggest for female boxing, but this would be bigger than that because Neekz is undisputed.<\/p>\n

‘Our weigh-ins combined would break the internet.’<\/p>\n

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