In boxing, a ‘lip smacker’ might need a unique that means, however world champion Ewa Brodnicka and Edith Solidad Matthysse took it actually when Brodnicka playfully kissed Matthysse, who responded by slapping her throughout the face.
Whereas one may anticipate a ‘lip smacker’ to be a boxer adept at delivering punches to the mouth, it normally means merely ‘to kiss’, which is what 35-year-old Polish WBO tremendous featherweight champion Brodnicka subjected contender Matthysse to through the conventional staredown at their pre-fight weigh in, solely to be actually smacked throughout the lips by the Argentine.
Defending champion Brodnicka maybe thought her skimpy outfit made solely of straps and barely sustaining her dignity would entice most consideration on the pre-fight weigh in earlier than their headline showdown on the Tymex Boxing Night time 9 gala in Czestochowa, Poland, on Friday.
She was improper. The hometown fighter got here out confidently, strolling in to AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ sporting snakeskin model boots and her lingerie rise up, carrying her pink WBO world title and confidently posing for the cameras on the scales.
Brodnicka determined to crank up the warmth a bit extra through the conventional staredown by kissing her rival sq. on the lips, earlier than turning and momentarily capturing off a wry smile, pondering she had gained the pre-fight thoughts video games.
However Matthysse isn’t precisely the affectionate sort and the battle-hardened bruiser slapped the smirk from Brodnicka’s face with a brief sharp proper slap throughout the mouth, prompting the champ to counter with a straight left, this time with out the smile.
The 2 landed some vicious photographs earlier than being damaged up by the battle promoter; Matthysse nonetheless didn’t knock off Brodnicka’s massive gold spectacles, and Matthysse’s baseball cap surprisingly stayed firmly in place. The outcome was a clumsy post-weigh in image with a less-than-impressed Matthysse left left to fume at her opponent’s antics.
The incident was harking back to Swedish boxer Mikaela Lauren’s kiss on world champion Cecilia Braekhaus earlier than their undisputed world welterweight title battle in 2017, who had executed the identical years earlier to world champ Christina Hammer. The omens may not be good for Brodnicka, as Lauren misplaced each of these fights.
Perhaps boxing is the improper self-discipline for the pair. Maybe the 2 can be extra suited to the well-known ‘Russian Slapping Championships’, made well-known by gorgeous slap KOs from winner Vasily ‘Dumpling’ Kamotskiy, or the ‘Russian ‘Booty Slapping Championships’ – the feminine equal.
Even when Brodnicka’s psychological warfare had backfired, her impromptu and unconsented kiss, plus her scorching outfit, actually will give the #MeToo motion one thing to speak about.
It’s already obvious Matthysse can maintain her personal in a slapping contest, however Brodnicka was stuffed with reward for her boxing potential too, telling native reporters, “She is a really stable rival who is just not identified for a way she’s going to battle. Whether or not “in your ft” or half – distance.”
Brodnicka has beforehand made headlines for her out-of-ring actions. In Might this yr she was tipped to swap her professional boxing profession for Playboy when rumors circled she would pose nude for the lads’s journal.
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“That is a query for Playboy. I used to consider it and I’d in all probability even be pleased with such a proposal, however now I don’t care about it. If there was a proposal, then I’d contemplate it,” she replied, Polish publication SportoweFakty reported.
The previous European light-weight champion has fought her complete profession in her native Poland since turning skilled in 2013, and paid homage to her homeland by sporting white and pink cornrows in a nod to the nation’s nationwide flag on the weigh in.
Matthysse, 4 years Brodnicka’s senior at 39, has one thing of a journeyman document at first look with a 16-10 exhibiting within the paid ranks. Nevertheless, the Argentinian punches in addition to she slaps and is a two-time world champion, having gained the WBA and WBC featherweight titles earlier than transferring as much as problem the Pole. She can be but to be stopped in her professional profession.
If the in-ring motion offers as a lot leisure because the weigh-in, then the group can be left slap completely satisfied on Friday evening.