Ebanie Bridges Trains With Kell Brook Under Dominic Ingle

Former IBF champion shares Sheffield camp with Kell Brook as both pursue 2026 returns

Ebanie Bridges has moved into Dominic Ingle’s Sheffield gym after consecutive defeats left her career at a crossroads. The former IBF bantamweight champion is now working out of the same camp as Kell Brook, two former belt holders under one roof trying to tighten up their fundamentals and find solid ground in 2026.

Bridges is based in England, Australian by birth, and her recent run has been tough to sell inside the ropes. She lost her IBF title to Miyo Yoshida in 2023, then dropped a decision to Alexis Araiza Mones in January. No win since 2022. At bantamweight, that kind of slide narrows the lane quickly.

Ingle’s gym is not a soft landing. It is a hard setup built on jab repetition, footwork patterns, and range control drilled until it becomes second nature. Fighters who walk through those doors are expected to rebuild from the ground up, starting with punch selection and defensive responsibility before thinking about belts.

Brook, 39, is also preparing for a return. His last fight came in February 2022 when he stopped Amir Khan in six rounds, a sharp inside performance that showed he still understood distance and timing. Before that he was halted by Terence Crawford in four rounds in 2020, and he has fought only once since.

Two comeback projects. One gym floor.

That dynamic changes daily work. Sparring rounds are sharper when pride is involved. Pad sessions carry urgency. Veterans who have held belts know the slide starts with small technical lapses, a lazy jab, feet crossing up, hands dropping after the right hand, long before any bad night shows up on the record.

Bridges made her immediate objective plain in an interview with Boxing Social. “I could go up a weight,” she said. “But the main thing is, get that bloody win, [get my] hands raised, remember how that feels.”

That is fighting talk. Not chasing a name. Chasing rhythm. She needs to tighten her guard under fire, reestablish her jab discipline, and manage pace over ten rounds without fading late. At 118, inside work decides fights. If she cannot hold ground and finish exchanges, the division moves past her.

Rumors about a Shannon Courtenay rematch continue to circulate, though nothing is signed. For now, the task is smaller and more direct. Win a fight. Reclaim ring positioning. Rebuild confidence under bright lights.

If Ingle can sharpen her fundamentals and Brook can protect his gas tank through a full camp, both returns become viable. If not, 2026 reads like a closing chapter.