Aussie beauty queen turned boxer Avril Mathie reveals the VERY surprising effect breast reduction surgery has had on her fighting
Avril Mathie is back in the gym after undergoing operation
The Aussie boxing star boasts an 8-1-1 professional record
Aussie boxer Avril Mathie has opened up on the impact breast-reduction surgery has had on her fighting technique.
The 37-year-old began boxing in 2012 and currently boasts a fight record of 8-1-1.
Back in February 2023, Mathie challenged for the vacant IBF inter-continental super bantamweight title against Ramla Ali but suffered the first professional defeat of her career at Madison Square Garden.
The Australian boxer, who had also won the prestigious Miss Swimsuit USA International crown in 2014, recently revealed that she had undergone surgery to remove her breast implants.
‘Today was my first day punching anything in more than two months (since before the explant surgery), and for the first time d ever in my boxing life, my forearms can actually defend both my chin and body simultaneously, and I will be able to throw straight punches longer and faster now that the implants are not in the way forcing my elbows out,’ she wrote in a caption alongside a video of herself punching a bag during training.
Avril Mathie has opened up on the changes a breast reduction procedure has had on her boxing technique
Mathie has returned to training after undergoing the surgery, and claimed her ‘boxing biomechanics were working differently’
She took to Instagram to speak out on the changes to her body, claiming she’d be back to her best in ‘a few weeks’
‘But old habits die hard, so here I’m doing reps on reps to teach my elbows their new position and I think we’re going to be here on the basics for a while,’ she said adding a ‘laughing-face’ emoji.
‘But give me a few weeks and my boxing is about to be tight.’
Mathie was due to fight Ebanie Bridges back in 2023 following her defeat by Ali but was forced to pull out of the fight due to an injury. She was replaced by Miyo Yoshida who went on to defeat Bridges in what was considered a big upset.
Mathie, meanwhile, elaborated change in the biomechanics of her body, claiming that she feels like boxing might now be ‘easier’.
‘My elbows can now touch my chest at the same time as my hands can protect my face for the first time in my life,’ she said on a Q&A published on her YouTube channel.
She added: ‘I feel like my life as a boxer is about to get a lot easier and more opportunities.’
Mathie has previously opened up on getting the implants when she was 19 but opted to remove them upon the advice of her doctor.
Mathie says her recovery from surgery hasn’t been easy – but she’s very happy she had it done
‘Basically, I got them when I was 19 because I was, I guess brainwashed into thinking by the culture that I grew up in that I was out of proportion.
‘I was super self-conscious. It’s not like I was one of those girls that was like: “Oh my god look at my boobs. I have boobs now,” or like wearing revealing tops.’
But during the YouTube video, Mathie revealed the reasoning behind why she opted to remove her implants.
‘When I saw girls posting on social media on their choice to remove, most of these girls were doing it because of breast implant illness – which I didn’t necessarily think I have,’ she said.
‘Because of this information, it prompted me to do a bit of research.’
She went to go and get hers checked before her doctor had advised her that while it wasn’t an emergency, ‘given a time or an opportunity she should consider removing or replacing them’.
Mathie also explained that the recovery had been ‘really brutal and I wasn’t really prepared for it.’ But despite that, she said she now ‘feels great’.
