WBO female junior lightweight titleholder Ewa Brodnicka has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing, it was announced on Thursday. All rights reserved. Ewa Brodnicka stunned her opponent Edith Soledad Matthysse by kissing her on the lips as they faced off before a fight (Image: Instagram). 1,442 talking about this. She smiled as she pulled away but Matthyse hit back by slapping the Polish fighter in the face, sparking a mini brawl in front of stunned punters. +48 536 931 927
It will be Brodnicka's second defense of the WBO belt she won last year, to add to her European title which she claimed in 2015, and will be looking to improve on her perfect 16-0 record.However, it is Brodnicka’s ‘impressive form’ outside of the ring has got people talking of an alternative career path for the Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki native - that of becoming a Playboy model.Brodnicka is not afraid of flaunting her knockout looks, regularly posting lingerie snaps and fitness shots of her workouts to her 25,000 Instagram followers.Earlier this month, the 5ft 8in brunette bruiser was asked whether she would ever consider posing for renowned glamorous publication Playboy, something she surprisingly admitted she would consider.Brodnicka is not the only female boxer to face the same question. Fellow world champion Firuza Sharipova, who was voted ‘Kazakhstan’s sexiest athlete’, was also quizzed about a possible PlayBoy photoshoot, as well as a sparring session with Russian President Vladimir Putin, both to which she agreed in jest.Brodnicka’s match against Perez is a tough test; Perez herself is a former world champion in the bantamweight division now looking to win a second world title in the sport and has vowed to knock Brodnicka out, to which the Pole coolly replied: Although Brodnicka will turn 35 on June 7, just two weeks after her latest title defense, Brodnicka says she is far from retiring, despite being at an age where most boxers are considered past their prime, instead setting her sights on a unification fight in the division.© Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “TV-Novosti”, 2005–2020. In a performance that was watched by NBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson, Mayer moved to thirteen straight victories with a shutout, unanimous 10-round decision victory over US-based Nigerian Joseph at The Bubble in Las Vegas.The fight had become the headline bout when men’s WBO super featherweight champion Jamel Herring tested positive for Covid-19 which put paid to his title defence with Jonathan Oquendo and this bumping chief support Mayer and Joseph up the card.Despite that particular feat being achieved in admittedly undesired circumstances, Mayer said: The super featherweight has now set her sights on the major belt holders in the division, which includes Poland’s WBO champion and eccentric Ewa Brodnicka, who also boasts an unbeaten slate of 19-0, including five victorious world title fights.According to Mayer, Brodnicka admitted in her most recent post-fight interview after her win over Djemilla Gontaruk that she was keen on fighting the American, to which Mayer obliged, only for the potential fight to suffer a postponement.Mayer is a former Olympian who boxed for the United States at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, where she was defeated in the second round by eventual bronze medalist, Russian Anastasia Belyakova.Another possible option for the LA native would be to move north of super featherweight to challenge Ireland’s double Olympic gold medalist Katie Taylor for the undisputed lightweight championship.
The 34-year-old faces Mexican Janeth Perez in Jelenia Gora, in her native Poland, on Saturday as she headlines at Tymex Boxing Night.
Subscribe to RT newsletter to get stories the mainstream media won’t tell you Brodnicka is not afraid of flaunting her knockout looks, regularly posting lingerie snaps and fitness shots of her workouts to her 25,000 Instagram followers. 20:22 GMT, Aug 10, 2020