WBC women's lightweight champ Caroline Dubois added the WBO world title to her trophy case with an easy win over former three division world champion Terri Harper Sunday in London.
Britain's Caroline Dubois continued her championship assent on Sunday with a win over fellow country woman Terri Harper in the MVP Promotions main event. Now, are much bigger fights headed her way?
Dubois, now 13-0-1, 5 KOs), delivered a solid performance over 12 roudns to defeat the former three division champion Harper, 16-3-2, 6 KOs, to become the add the WBO belt to her WBC lightweight world championship.
The MVP bout was the first in their new broadcast partnerships for women's title cards and was live on Sky Sports in the UK and ESPN+ in the U.S.
Dubois controlled much of the fight with her sharp, dominant approach, knocking down Harper once, while Harper showed heart but too little output of punches in the later rounds. Dubois won on scores of 98-91 x 2, and 97-92.
About facing Harper, Dubois said in the ring post-fight,
"She’s smart, you know, and she's experienced. She knows how to get through a fight. She knows how to box. I guess their tactics was to stay away and try and counter."
On pressuring Harper more?
"I tried to do that. Could have definitely done a bit more."
Still, it was an easy evening for Dubois and there's now speculation that former undisputed women's lightweight champ Katie Taylor could be a future opponent. Dubois addressed that briefly, too,
"I got a lot of time for Katie. I think she's a legend. If she said Caroline Dubois, let's do this, you know. If she wants to test herself against me, I would jump at the opportunity. Who wouldn't?"
Taylor is arguably the greatest fighter in U.K. women's history with a former Olympic Gold Medal and being an undisputed champion in two divisions. However, the future hall of famer may look to retire.
Hear insider Dan Rafael with me on our "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast" talking about Dubois' win and future by clicking below,
Dubois also discussed facing unified 130 lb. women's champ, Alycia Baumgardner.
I"'m interested in is Alycia “The Bomb” Baumgardner. And I think we'll be able to see who truly is the best. And I believe it's me. That's the fight I want by the end of the year. There's no need to waste time. There's no need to mess around."
Baumgardner will headline an MVP show later this Spring.
Also, Sunday night,
MVP’s undefeated, unified WBO/WBC/IBF junior featherweight world champion, Ellie Scotney (12-0) of Catford, England, defeated Mexico’s WBA super bantamweight world champion Mayelli Flores (13-2-1, 4 KOs) in a 10-round undisputed championship bout at 122 lbs.
With the opportunity to become the youngest undisputed four-belt champion in UK history, male or female, Scotney delivered a composed and commanding performance, countering Flores’ aggressive flurries with sharp power shots and disciplined technique. The 28 year old Scontney won 96-94, 100-90 x 2, becoming the youngest undisputed champion in UK history and the first-ever undisputed champion at 122 lbs.
Also on the main card former undisputed junior welterweight champ Chantelle Cameron (22-1, 8 KOs) of Northampton, England defeated former Austrian national champion Michaela Kotaskova (11-1-2, 4 KOs) in a 10-round championship bout at 154 lbs, contested under equal rules with three-minute rounds.