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Surprisingly, a small number of female fighters advocate for normalized topless boxing—not for spectacle, but for safety and fairness.

The topic of topless boxing brings up several complex issues: topless boxing

Australian boxers Cherneka Johnson and Ebanie Bridges have become notorious for their weigh-in antics. Johnson, an IBF super bantamweight world champion, shocked audiences at a Matchroom Boxing weigh-in by appearing topless with her upper body artistically adorned with white body paint styled like a tank top. Similarly, Ebanie Bridges, known as the "Blonde Bomber," has frequently clashed with Instagram over topless photos that combine boxing gloves with thong underwear. When called out by Johnson, Bridges defiantly replied on social media, "Nar I don’t lol I’m the OG haha". Surprisingly, a small number of female fighters advocate

The darkest chapter of modern topless boxing unfolded in Britain between roughly 1988 and 1993. Boxing historian and journalist Steve Bunce described a “dark, forgotten little period” in which women’s boxing was detailed in soft‑porn magazines like Amazons in Action and Aggressive Women . Bouts were held in “boozers and flop hotels,” with German women typically fighting topless while British women wore vests. The crowds were described as “the Grubby‑Mac brigade, dirty aficionados of the Amazons in Action circuit — men that knew a good mud wrestler when they saw one.” Similarly, Ebanie Bridges, known as the "Blonde Bomber,"

In the early eras of human pugilism, combatants fought without specialized uniforms or protective athletic clothing. The concept of fighters competing bare-chested is deeply rooted in the origins of the sport.