Bantamweight world champion Ebanie Bridges has to have surgery on her hand after suffering a gruesome injury during her first title defence on Saturday night.
Bridges put her IBF title on the line against bitter rival and fellow Australian Shannon O'Connell at the First Direct Arena in her new home of Leeds over the weekend. And while she managed to land a relatively comfortable stoppage victory in round eight, she didn't leave unscathed from the battle.
The boxer was visibly wearing the injury on Saturday night, keeping an ice pack close to her hand as she left the arena and did a number of interviews about the fight. And in a social media post she explained that she would be going for surgery on the injury, showing off her severely swollen hand.
