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Boxer opens up about why her partner is fine with her sleeping with other people
An Australian boxer who is also an OnlyFans model has revealed why she and her boyfriend are OK with each other sleeping with other people so long as they have permission.
Shannon Philp is trying to make it as a boxer as well as making a heap of money on OnlyFans, and she opened up on some of the areas of her life that many might not understand.
Shannon Philp makes serious money on OnlyFans to fund her boxing career
The 26-year-old lives on the Gold Coast in Australia, and for the most part she trains as a middleweight boxer.
However, because that isn’t a job that pays full time, unlike the top-earning boxers in the game, she had to find other ways of paying the bills.
So, she turned to the subscription platform OnlyFans to make it happen.
Now, you don’t have to create explicit content to be on OnlyFans, but it certainly does help you make a load of cash if you do.
It’s fair to say that it helped Philp anyway.
She now earns thousands each month from her subscribers, and that means that she is able to do that and her boxing in tandem without having to work any other jobs - she used to be a hairdresser and a dance teacher.
Her and her partner Lyndon are also in an ENM - ethical non-monogamy - relationship meaning that they can sleep with other people so long as the other person is OK with that.
Explaining her decision to start the OnlyFans career, she told Daily Mail: “I sat down with my partner (Lyndon) and we talked about it (OnlyFans) at length,
“If you said to me a few years ago I'd be uploading (explicit) content for subscribers, I would have laughed.
“The reality is, if we (female boxers) don't have a regular source of income, we can't go to the next level.
“When you factor in training camps, coaching, travel and medicals, it all adds up.”
Shannon opened up on her unconventional relationship with her partner
As for that ethical non-monogamous relationship she is in, it works for her and her partner, so long as everyone is on the same page.
Basically, it means that she can sleep with other men or women - and he can too - provided everyone is OK with the situation.
That’s really all there is to it.
Speaking about that part of her life, Shannon said: “It is new for both of us, we enjoy it.”
As for the OnlyFans account, that will continue for a while yet.
She explained: “I have goals, like buying a house and property,
“My friends and family are supportive of what I do... having subscribers gives me a flexible lifestyle.
“Be it bikini shots or solo videos... it is up to the creator.
“Plenty of my subscribers have foot fetishes, others like to be dominated, as in talked down to... I have an open mind.
“There are also other (female) boxers doing OnlyFans, it is a respected industry.”
In her boxing career to date, Philp didn’t follow the conventional route through the amateur scene like a lot of fighters, and has so far lost two professional fights, which she calls a ‘stepping stone’.
So, she continues to train and make content on OnlyFans, often with her partner behind the camera.
“It all started as a side hustle, and is now a fulltime gig,” Philp concluded.
“To go from earning $20 as an apprentice hairdresser to (now) meeting our financial goals is satisfying... the aim now is to keep training hard to improve as a boxer.”