WBA bantamweight champion Shannon Courtenay was proud of the fight she put on with Ebanie Bridges, but thinks her opponent sold the fight in the wrong way.
Courtenay took the title in a clash on Saturday after defeating Bridges by unanimous decision in London, and the pair disagreed over Bridges’ decision to wear lingerie to her weigh-in and other topics in the run-up to their fight.
The new champion was not willing to concede any ground after he win.
"I still stand by what I said beforehand," Courtenay said Sky Sports. "I didn't like the way that she was trying to sell the fight and I feel like she was selling the fight for the wrong reasons, talking about lingerie and things like that.
"But we lived up to the fight. I feel like we delivered on the night and everyone is saying it's fight of the year, one of the best female fights they have ever seen, so we definitely delivered."
Courtenay praised her opponent but believed she was the superior athlete.
"She didn't hit that hard but she was physically very strong," Courtenay said. "But I have supreme fitness. It showed throughout and my conditioning that my coaches put me through won the fight.
"Even in the last round, after what was an absolute war, I was still quite light on my feet. I feel like my jab, which managed to open her up quite nicely, and then my fitness is what carried me through."
The 27-year-old now wants a rematch against Rachel Ball, who beat her last summer.
"Yeah, I think that's definitely the rematch that I'd like and god willing I come through that, then we're looking at unifying the division," she explained.
"The last fight, everyone thinks I won it. I thought I won it, but we didn't get the decision.
"Rachel is a tough opponent, so now I've got to get back in the gym and train even harder, so I can make sure I win the fight, and then we can go on and unify the division."
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