Boxing Feb 04, 2026

Caroline Dubois: I'll go undisputed this year and chase the Alycia Baumgardner fight

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Caroline Dubois: I'll go undisputed this year and chase the Alycia Baumgardner fight

Caroline Dubois is looking to go undisputed this year and meet Alycia Baumgardner in a major transatlantic clash.

The Londoner is an unbeaten WBC lightweight champion and wants to unify against one of the other 135lb champions in her next fight.

Rival Briton Terri Harper is the WBO titlist, Stephanie Han the WBA belt-holder and Elif Nur Turhan the IBF world champion.

"All those three, they've all got belts which is great and I feel like this year is all about unifying and becoming undisputed. When you've got a list of girls who can make it happen and exciting names, it's so good," Dubois told Your Site.

Nur Turhan stunned Beatriz Ferreira to win the IBF belt in December and puts the title on the line against Taylah Gentzen in Newcastle this weekend.

Dubois will watch the result with interest. "She's very unproven. Clearly got power. Clearly dangerous and exciting which is what we love to see. But definitely hasn't been proven at staying consistent and we're going to see," she said of Nur Turhan.

"Can she box? Can she jab? Can someone outbox her, which I think they can? And If they outbox her for five, six, seven rounds, has she got the ability to stay disciplined and get them later on? We're going to see."

Dubois, though, can envisage fighting her in an eventual undisputed clash. Winning every belt in the weight class is her target.

"I think that's the goal every fighter should have, to see how far they can push, how much they can achieve," she said. "Luckily the best fighters in my weight all have belts."

Dubois hopes to get an undisputed fight before the year is out.

"I will definitely go undisputed and I will chase the Alycia Baumgardner fight," she said. "I will chase that fight at 135lbs but if she's not playing ball and she's not interested I'll move up to 140lbs. I'll do the same there, try to aim for as many belts as I can and go up again to maybe 147lbs, see what I can do there. And then think about whether I want to go to 154lbs.

"The Alycia Baumgardner fight, that's a huge name," she added of her American rival. "I'd be fighting her in her prime.

"She likes to be in control of things. She likes to feel like she can dominate," Dubois continued. "She's got that mentality.

"You've got me, a young kid coming through who's not going to allow her to do that, allow her to speak to me in any type of way or dictate to me. I believe I'm better than her so this is not going to happen.

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