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By the early 19th century, the rise of the British Evangelical Christian movement heavily criminalized women's participation in combat. It pushed female pugilism out of legitimate sporting spaces and relegated it to underground sideshows, establishing a stark double standard regarding who was legally and socially permitted to box topless.

Australian boxers Cherneka Johnson and Ebanie Bridges have become notorious for their weigh-in antics. Johnson, an IBF super bantamweight world champion, shocked audiences at a Matchroom Boxing weigh-in by appearing topless with her upper body artistically adorned with white body paint styled like a tank top. Similarly, Ebanie Bridges, known as the "Blonde Bomber," has frequently clashed with Instagram over topless photos that combine boxing gloves with thong underwear. When called out by Johnson, Bridges defiantly replied on social media, "Nar I don’t lol I’m the OG haha". topless boxing