Women’s boxing world champion pulls no punches when it comes to transgender athletes

Women’s world boxing champion Ebanie Bridges said the idea of a woman fighting against a biological male is “wrong,” and people shouldn’t be “scared” to say it.

Bridges, a 37-year-old Australian fighter, has held the IBF female bantamweight crown since 2022 and has a history of speaking out against transgender athletes in female sports, according to a report.

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Transgender athletes “are not the f***ing same” as biological females, according to Bridges, but “Everyone’s so scared to say anything.”

The world champion has been adamant that she would never fight against someone who was born a man, and she has even used the now-famous Mike Tyson analogy to get the point across.

That analogy asks if it would be fair for a biologically female boxer to fight a prime Mike Tyson if Tyson “transitioned.”

Criticism comes with speaking out against transgender athletes, and Bridges is not afraid of the backlash, the report noted.

“But no matter what you say, people are gonna jump and turn on you,” she said. “I think the reality is — I’m right, and it’s true. … People are obviously scared, and I think with me speaking up with the kind of person that I am, such a big name in the sport and not just in the sport but in the general world, it gives other people the OK to speak up as well.”

“I don’t care if you’ve got boobies, you were still born a man.”

Boxing is a sport where the athletes get hurt, and having men fight women puts the latter in danger, according to Bridges.

“I even spar with boys or guys smaller than me and they are hella’ strong,” she said.

“And it never happens the other way round, where a woman will become a man and fight against the men — as they’d get blasted.”

If transgender athletes want to box, they should do so in their own category, Bridges said.

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“Maybe they need their own space or competitions and fight in their own divisions,” she said.

“I think that’s fair as it’s dangerous and also it just takes it away from ‘women’s sport’ – ladies that have trained hard to be the best and could potentially fight a former man.”