Daniella Hemsley is pushing back against claims that she's being punished for flashing her breasts to the crowd after securing her first boxing victory on Saturday.
Kingpyn Boxing announced that Hemsley "will not be appearing" in its upcoming final. According to the company's statement, the British content creator's actions didn't align with the product it wants to deliver to viewers.
"As we strive to bring fans the best influencer boxing events possible, we accept that Saturday's post-fight incident may have offended some viewers and appreciate that this incident didn't meet the standards expected from Kingpyn fight nights. We apologize fully to anyone upset during the broadcast. The fighter involved in the incident will not be appearing in the Final event. and has decided to take some time away from boxing," the tweeted statement read.
Hemsley is a prolific OnlyFans model whose pinned tweet is an uncensored topless shot from Saturday reading, “Incase you missed it 😆 I WON baby 💪🏾.” On Wednesday evening she took to her YouTube channel to counter the claims that she is in any way "banned."
“I am not banned from Kingpyn, guys," she said in the brief clip above, explaining that she was almost certain after the fight that she had broken her thumb and may have fractured her elbow. "I have simply decided to take a few weeks off from training to recover, to recover my body. … I’m taking a break from boxing, I have not been banned. Hoping to fight in Kingpyn in the winter. … I’m not going anywhere, I will be back.”
In her post-fight interview after defeating Aleksandra Daniel, a.k.a. Ms. Danielka, Hemsley claimed she got approval from the promoter to flash the audience.
She later apologized with a post on her Instagram that read, "I also apologies [sic] to anyone who may have felt offended by my excitement, I did actually have tassels on but the sweat stuck them to my bra lol."
Several members of the boxing community have spoken out against Hemsley and her stunt, such as promoter Eddie Hearn and two-time gold medalist Claressa Shields.
"I hate it, we've worked so hard for women in boxing to be respected for their ability, for their merits, for their hard work," Hearn told Boxing Social.
Shields tweeted, "Wow…..this is a step backwards for women's boxing. Stop this shit."
