{"id":301973,"date":"2023-12-12T15:24:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T15:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=301973"},"modified":"2023-12-12T15:24:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T15:24:00","slug":"ebanie-bridges-sends-message-to-miyo-yoshida-after-shock-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/ebanie-bridges-sends-message-to-miyo-yoshida-after-shock-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebanie Bridges sends message to\u00a0Miyo Yoshida after shock defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Ebanie Bridges sends message to\u00a0Miyo Yoshida after Australian boxing beauty was stunned by Japanese underdog on Devin Haney vs Regis Prograis card<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ebanie Bridges has said she is &#8216;absolutely gutted&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ: Bridges was stunned by Miyo Yoshida\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>She has vowed to come back &#8216;better and stronger&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An &#8216;absolutely gutted&#8217; Ebanie Bridges has vowed to &#8216;be back better and stronger&#8217; after losing her world title in shocking style in San Francisco.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bridges, 37, was dominated by Miyo Yoshida on Saturday night, with many writing the Japanese underdog off after she stepped in on short notice to replace Avril Mathie.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This was supposed to be an exhibition fight for Ebanie Bridges in the United States,&#8217; DAZN&#8217;s expert on commentary said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Bridges returns to her UK base without her IBF belt in a devastating result for the Australian.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And after losing only her second professional bout, Bridges took to X to send an emotional message to Yoshida and her fans.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/08\/78785479-12846797-image-a-3_1702195599517.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ebanie Bridges says she is &#8216;absolutely gutted&#8217; to have lost her IBF bantamweight world title<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/08\/78785457-12846797-image-a-1_1702195533234.jpg\" height=\"255\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bridges took to X (Twitter) after her defeat on Saturday night to reflect on her loss<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Absolutely gutted, it wasn&#8217;t my night. Big congrats to my opponent, she was the better fighter tonight,&#8217; Bridges wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Beautiful &amp; humble, single mother. Seeing how much that win meant to her &amp; her daughter did give me some warmth inside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A loss doesn&#8217;t define me. I have no quit, it&#8217;s all learning and I&#8217;ll be back better &amp; stronger. Thank you to everyone who supports me. I love you all.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Bridges will have to go back to the drawing board with coach Dave Coldwell after plenty of her weaknesses were exposed by Yoshida.<\/p>\n<p>Bridges struggled to get going during the bout, with the Japanese fighter&#8217;s right hand finding the mark throughout the fight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/08\/78785477-12846797-image-a-4_1702195605582.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>She congratulated Japanese underdog Miyo Yoshida following her upset victory<\/p>\n<p>Punch statistics afterwards showed that Yoshida landed 122 power shots to the Blonde Bombers&#8217; 66.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There was some controversy in\u00a0the bout, with Yoshida landing a late shot following the bell in the fifth round. It seemed to do little to change the outcome, however.<\/p>\n<p>The shock defeat now ends the former Sydney maths teacher&#8217;s 21-month reign at the top of the IBF bantamweight division.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12846797\/Ebanie-Bridges-sends-message-Miyo-Yoshida-shock-defeat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ebanie Bridges sends message to\u00a0Miyo Yoshida after Australian boxing beauty was stunned by Japanese underdog on Devin Haney vs Regis <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ebanie Bridges sends message to\u00a0Miyo Yoshida after shock defeat - 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