Caroline Dubois is not able to let a battle towards Terri Harper escape her and is assured of establishing an all-British showdown between the pair subsequent.
Dubois is gearing as much as face Bo Mi Re Shin in a defence of her WBC light-weight belt on the undercard of Natasha Jonas and Lauren Value’s unification bout on the Royal Albert Corridor this Friday.
Harper is poised to defend her WBO light-weight title towards Natalie Zimmermann in Doncaster this Could, with Dubois questioning her rival’s determination to miss herself in favour of an “simple contact”.
Each time it could be, wherever it could be, it’s a battle Dubois intends to make occur.
Caroline Dubois needs to stay grounded and is refusing to get complacent forward of her WBC light-weight world title defence towards Bo Mi Re Shin.
“One half of me understands why she’s carried out it. She’s had a profession the place she’s been put in onerous fights and each time she’s stepped up towards Sandy Ryan, Alycia Baumgardner, Cecilia Braekhus she’s had actually powerful fights, she’s been crushed and she or he’s been stopped,” Dubois instructed Sky Sports activities.
“She’s lastly had the chance to get the belt again and she or he needs to carry onto it for so long as completely doable, defend it and battle in her residence city to have this second the place she’s like ‘this solidifies me’.
“However on a private stage it is disappointing that she’s taken that route, a simple contact towards a lady who is not on our stage.
“It is disappointing, it is not how a world champion ought to act and behave however I get it and get why they might take that battle.”
Terri Harper says she plans to face the very best fighters in her division and that features British rival Caroline Dubois.
Dubois has been rampant within the early years of her blossoming skilled profession, cruising out to a 10-0-1 document and having been upgraded to full WBC feminine light-weight world champion after Katie Taylor vacated the belt final December.
Harper is 15-2-2 having shared the ring with a few of the largest names in boxing, and has herself welcomed a battle towards Dubois this yr.
Caroline Dubois says she needs larger challenges however her energy is making fights towards the likes of Terri Harper onerous to make.
“I believe it should occur,” Dubois continued. “I noticed her do an interview the place she mentioned she would go down the Caroline Dubois route subsequent. I believe she’s obtained in her head that it is the solely battle that is smart.
“Positive she’s combating Zimmermann however she is not going to receives a commission quite a bit for that, is not going to get lots of respect for that.
“Whereas combating me, it is a huge present, an enormous event, good cash, it is a good battle and it is smart. It is a query of the place does it occur proper.”
Highlights of the conflict between Caroline Dubois and Jessica Camara.
For now, although, the 24-year-old is not able to look past the unpredictability of South Korean challenger Shin, who arrives 18-2-3 after beating Ntomboqala Tolashe by way of unanimous determination final day trip in December.
“With how tough and hard she is I believe it should be a studying expertise for me, I’ve by no means fought a fighter like that who’s so reckless and there is hazard to that,” mentioned Dubois.
“They’re throwing and so they do not even know what they’re throwing so it’s important to put together for that your self.
“It is all the time more durable to battle someone who does not have finesse and traditional boxing means. It is all the time been simple to battle those that can form up properly, who throw beneath and might throw jabs and proper palms.
“It is powerful to battle someone who’s so dangerous they’re really good, so we’ll see. I can consider many fighters with types the place you are considering ‘what are you doing?’ and so they’re profitable and so they’re profitable and so they is likely to be one.”
Boxxer promoter Ben Shalom says he is vastly excited for Friday’s historic all-female boxing card on the Royal Albert Corridor.
Dubois returns to the ring for the primary time since having to accept a draw towards Jessica Camara in January when her Canadian opponent suffered a lower to her eye in an unintended conflict of heads.
She is braced for a uncommon case of an opponent going toe to toe and buying and selling along with her, however expects no completely different an end result.
“I believe she thinks she’s powerful, however we’ll see how powerful she is,” mentioned Dubois.
“I do not actually give attention to my opponents an excessive amount of, it is not likely about them at this stage, it is about me and turning up and being the very best me.
“If I can do this, flip up, be sharp and clever I am going to punch holes in her.”
Watch Natasha Jonas battle Lauren Value on the Royal Albert Corridor reside on Sky Sports activities on Friday March 7.
