OnlyFans model Shannon Rose to face Ash Heal in Sydney boxing event
She's the Only Fans model fighting the daughter of a basketball legend, and Shannon Rose is aiming for the very top of the boxing world.
Based on the Gold Coast, Rose fights Ash Heal – daughter of Shane Heal – on Wednesday night's pay-per-view show headlined by Nikita Tszyu's comeback against Lulzim Ismaili at the ICC Convention Theatre in Sydney.
And she says it's the first step in her path towards boxing greatness.
'I want to go all the way to the top,' Rose told Code Sports. 'I didn't have an amateur career at all, so I've only had one fight so far.
'I'm a baby in the sport, but I want to go as far as I can.'
OnlyFans model Shannon Rose successfully weighed in for her bout with Ash Head. Picture: No Limit Boxing/Gregg Porteous
While she's aiming to reach the heights of women's boxing pioneers like Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, Rose knows the pay in the lower rungs of the sport isn't great.
Especially in women's boxing.
So, she supplements any money she makes in boxing as a creator on OnlyFans.
It's something other Aussie fighters like Ebanie Bridges and Cherneka Johnson have also done.
'Even though women's boxing is on the rise and we're gaining opportunities because of how well it's going, it's not paying enough to make it a full time career unless you're right at the top,' she said.
'Having that presence online means I'm able to be a fulltime athlete and have a flexible training schedule and pay the rent.
'My payday now in boxing is nowhere near as big as other women in the sport, but I'm getting a comfortable weekly wage online.
'But everyone that knows me knows I put the work into the boxing. I have that social media presence, but I don't let it affect me.'
Rose originally started boxing for fitness and quickly fell in love with the sport, but her family has a long history of fighting.
'My late grandfather was a professional boxer in Belfast in Northern Ireland named Billy Stewart,' she said. 'He was fighting back in the 1940s and '50s, and he moved to Australia after his career finished.
'I just started boxing for fitness but soon realised it was something I could do to follow in his footsteps.
'He was my best friend as a kid, so having that connection is a real motivation. He'd be ringside at every single fight if he was still here.
'He passed away when I was eight or nine, and I have photos of him fighting, so it's a real connection that we have.'
Rose moved from Coffs Harbour to the Gold Coast to train at the Opetaia Boxing Gym under Tapu Opetaia – the father of cruiserweight world champion Jai.
Shannon Rose is ready for her fight with Ash Heal. Picture: No Limit Boxing
'She's tough, but she likes a challenge,' Tapu told Code Sports. 'In her first fight, they punched the shit out of each other.
'It's hard to find girls for sparring, so I have to throw her in with the boys for sparring.
'I tell 'em not to hold back, and they don't. But she has a crack back as well.'
It's the perfect preparation for taking on Heal, who has had eight amateur fights, and will make her professional debut on Wednesday.
'It's been challenging, but it's good,' she said. 'I'm the only female in our fight team, so I have to keep up with the boys.
'Taps doesn't let them slack off either. If they slacken off he tells them to go harder, but it's been good.
'I want to get to the very top.'
Originally published as OnlyFans model Shannon Rose set for bout with daughter of basketball legend Shane Heal
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