By: Sean Crose
IBF featherweight titlist Ebony Bridges stepped into the ring in Leeds, England Saturday to defend her belt towards Shannon O’Connell in a scheduled 10 spherical affair. Bridges moved her head properly as she got here ahead in the primary, although O’Connell was in a position to land properly herself. In truth, Bridges bought wobbled in the later portion of the spherical. Bridges, apparently with a clearer head, continued to assault her opponent in the second.
O’Connell went down exhausting at first of the third. The Aussie fighter bought up and proceeded to commerce with the defending champion. It was a thriller of a spherical. Bridges herself ended up being briefly wobbled late in the chapter. Both ladies continued to fireside away at one another in the fourth, however Bridges was clearly the stronger of the 2 fighters, which allowed her to put on her sport challenger down.
By the fifth it appeared that neither lady had any intention of slowing down. This was going to be a quick paced affair till the bitter finish. With that being mentioned, O’Connell was in a position to land properly with out showing to obtain an excessive amount of injury from the defending champion. Still, Bridges continued to push the assault in the sixth. The tempo was slowing a bit, however not an excessive amount of. The conditioning of the 2 fighters was extraordinary.
Bridges bought O’Connell right into a nook in the seventh and did some appreciable injury. O’Connell, her eye badly swollen, tried to carry on, however Bridges continued together with her assault. O’Connell tried to commerce from the center of the ring in the eighth. Bridges, nevertheless, continued to push her opponent backwards. By this level, O’Connell was merely taking a beating. A brutal rally led the referee to step in and cease the struggle. O’Connel was actually sport, however she merely couldn’t stand up to Bridge’s energy and aggression.
