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Australian bare-knuckle brawler Tai Emery has been announced as a popular British boxing promotion, Misfits Boxing’s newest fighter. Emery was an electrician before gaining popularity as a lingerie football player before breaking out as a Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship star. Now, the Aussie brawler will trade her hand wraps for a pair of padded gloves as she is touted to emerge as a big name in the UK boxing scene.
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Emery travelled to the UK as she completed a deal to join one of the fastest-rising promotions in combat sports. Talking about this move, the Australian pugilist expressed excitement about her new promotion as she hopes to improve as a boxer and play her role in growing bare-knuckle boxing.
Speaking to Daily Star Sport, Tai Emery said: “I'm about to burst. Your girl is now BKFC and Misfits! I wanted to come over [to the UK], and I wanted to expand. You know, we need to stay busy! Now, I'm a bare-knuckle fighter - I'm not a strict boxer - but I'm still taken seriously as an athlete.”
“So I was shopping around [different promotions], I wanted to take my boxing more seriously, and I feel like I'll be able to have more fights [with Misfits]. And with the way I market myself and how BKFC is growing, it really fits,” she continued.
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The 36-year-old bare-knuckle fighter’s move to Misfits Boxing received approval from co-president and promoter Mams Taylor, who helped YouTuber KSI's rise as a boxing business juggernaut. Similarly, other celebrity boxers like Tommy Fury, Jake Paul, Anthony Taylor and Logan Paul have featured on previous cards. While the women's division also has viral sensations like Elle Brooke, Astrid Wett and Daniella Hemsley.