Meet Avril Mathie: The OnlyFans star and Miss Swimsuit winner, who was kicked out of home at 15 and
"There is someone who will regularly ask for videos of me playing with my belly button."
This is one world Avril Mathie lives in via her OnlyFans account. The other is in the ring where she has a professional record of 8-0-1.
On Saturday night, Mathie will have her tenth professional fight against one of Britain's most exciting unbeaten prospects in Ramla Ali on the undercard of Amanda Serrano vs Erika Cruz Hernandez.
"I'm super excited, this is a great fight for me stylistically and opportunity wise," Mathie told talkSPORT.
"Ramla is very good at what she does, but she's very one dimensional. She's great in that one dimension, but she's not very comfortable with pressure, so that's where I've got to take it to her to make her uncomfortable and I believe I'm fitter than her.
"She's never faced anyone who is her height or even close and I don't believe that she's been hit with anything powerful, so once she feels my power, it will be quite different to anything she is used to and she's going to crumble."
If Mathie comes through this challenge she hopes to fight fellow Aussie and OnlyFans star, Ebanie Bridges, for her IBF bantamweight world title.
According to Mathie, the pair were supposed to clash last year, but then Bridges was ordered to fight her mandatory challenger and in that fight she injured her hand, further delaying a Bridges vs Mathie bout.
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With that being said, Mathie still hopes that fight will come to fruition before the end of the year.
"I think [Ebanie] is very intelligent and I take my hat off to her," Mathie said.
“That will be a killer fight, I’m really excited for it.
“She brings it and likes to come forward and never really takes a step backward, but I can also bang and come forward.
“So, I think there will be fireworks and it will be an exciting fight.
“I’m significantly taller than her, so for me it’s going to be about keeping her away from me, which will be a challenge because we’ve seen how she likes to get in.
“But, it’s one that I’m ready for, so as soon as her hands better, we can get it on.”
Mathie may be on the verge of achieving something great this year, but it has not been an easy road to this point, which all began 20 years ago when she was kicked out of her house by her parents at 15 years old and had to support herself through her final year of high school.
"My parents didn't believe in me and I had a very strong sense of self-belief that I could do well in school and play sports and have a social life," Mathie recalled.
"Me at 15, I knew I could do it all and I did, but that wasn't going to happen under their roof and I was very stubborn and independent, so I wasn't willing to compromise on their rules and that led to them saying 'get out' and I did and I succeeded.
"My parents and I are great friends now, but there was a period of turmoil."
After high school, Mathie decided to move to Miami, USA, to pursue a boxing and modelling career, but she had no visa, no job and nowhere to live, which did not make things easy.
Not one to give up, however, Mathie found her way, putting together a successful modelling career and she was even crowned Miss Swimsuit winner in 2014.
Such has been Mathie's modelling success that from a financial point of view she does not need boxing, but she chooses to fight anyway because she loves the sport.
"Boxing for me does not pay the bills and I don't know if it does for many female boxers," Mathie revealed.
"I don't need to box, I do it because I love it, but it's everything I do on the outside that really enables me to continue living this life and pursuing this passion."
One of those outside ventures is OnlyFans where she receives all manner of requests - playing with her belly button being the safest example to go with here.
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"I don't want to embarrass the people who send these requests in or discourage them from truly expressing themselves," Mathie said with a chuckle.
Win in New York on Saturday, though, and she'll be able to make a few requests of her own starting with Bridges and her IBF belt.
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