Boxer Who Showed Up To Weigh-In With Body Paint Responds To Recent Criticism

Now-former IBF world champion Cherneka "Sugar Neekz" Johnson lost her championship title during last weekend's bout against Ellie Scotney at London's Wembley Arena. Scotney claimed victory by unanimous decision after 10 rounds and became Britain’s sixth female world champion..

With this defeat, Johnson was handed the second loss of her professional career — moving her record to 15-2.

After the fight, the 28-year-old New Zealander took to Instagram with a message for her critics.

Even though it wasn’t my night on fight night, I believe life is about memories ,experiences and doing things you love and doing what makes YOU happy.Over the last 10 weeks I had a whole new training camp experience which I absolutely loved, valued and learnt so much from.I had so much love and support around me which it wouldn’t be possible to be here without these beautiful people ,constant support and belief in me.I was able to represent my culture on a world wide stageI improved as a fighter and am still working on making those changes to be better and consistentI love boxing and I love my journey in this life.My Team, My family,My friends,My team mates ,My partner, My sponsors, My fans. Thank you all a million I cAnt express how grateful I am

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Johnson, who recently partnered with OnlyFans, went viral last week after she showed up to her weigh in with only body paint covering her top half. While the result of her fight wasn't what she hoped, she's certainly improved her social media brand over the past few days.