Caroline Dubois (boxer)

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Caroline Dubois
Dubois at the 2018 Youth Olympics
Born (2001-01-11) 11 January 2001 (age 23)
London, England
Statistics
Weight(s)Super-bantamweight
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)[1]
Boxing record[2]
Total fights8
Wins8
Wins by KO5
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Great Britain
Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires Lightweight

Caroline Sara Dubois[3] (born 11 January 2001[1]) is a British professional boxer. She has been Youth Olympic champion, World Youth champion and four-times European Youth champion.[4] She is the younger sister of heavyweight boxer, Daniel Dubois.

Early life[edit]

Dubois is one of eleven children. She was raised in a single-parent family by her father, a native of Grenada. [4]

Amateur career[edit]

Dubois started boxing at the age of nine. While there were all-girl amateur boxing clubs in her city, her father wanted her to practice at a top-flight club where her older brother Daniel had trained. For her first few months at Repton Amateur Boxing Club, Dubois pretended to be a boy named Colin.[4][5]

At the 2017 European Junior Championships, Dubois beat Nune Asatrian by unanimous points decision in the final to take the title.[6] The following year, she had a win at the English National Youth Championships (60 kg), with a unanimous points decision against Ellis Hopkins.[7]

She became England's first World Youth Champion by recording a win over Asatrian by unanimous points decision in August 2018, having previously won in her semi-final by unanimous decision against Rebeca Santos.[8] At the Girls' lightweight competition at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Dubois won the gold medal by beating Porntip Buapa in the final.[9]

The 2019 European Youth Championships in 2019 saw Dubois achieve a unanimous points win over Amina Abramova in their semi-final, before winning the title with a split decision against Asatrian in the final.[10] Her next fight was the final of the England Boxing National Youth Championships, which she won by unanimous decision against Wenessa Orczwk.[11] As of February 2020, Dubois was unbeaten, and expressed an ambition to turn professional.[12]

Dubois won the SportsAid One-to-Watch award for 2018, having been chosen from around 1,000 candidates across 60 sports nominated by their sport's governing bodies. She had previously been on the shortlist of ten for the 2017 award.[13] and was named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2019.[14]

She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics at the 2020 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, where she took the silver medal after losing to Kellie Harrington on a split decision in the final.[15] At the time of turning pro, Dubois had an amateur record of 37 wins and 3 losses.

Professional career[edit]

In February 2022, Dubois won her first professional bout against Vaida Masiokaite by a points decision.
In March 2022, Dubois had a first-round stoppage victory (49 seconds) over Martina Horgasz at Wembley Arena. In December 2022 she beat her opponent, Rodriguez, by TKO at the 1st minute of the 1st round. [citation needed]

On September 30, 2023 in London, England Dubois defeated former WBA bantamweight title challenger Magali Rodriguez by unanimous decision and took the IBO lightweight belt.[16]

Achievements[edit]

  • 2016 European junior champion (54 kg)[17]
  • 2017 European junior champion (60 kg)[17]
  • 2018 English National Youth Champion (60kg)[7]
  • 2018 European junior champion (60 kg)[18]
  • 2018 Youth Olympic Games champions (Girls' lightweight)[9]
  • 2018 World Women's Youth Champion (60 kg)[19]
  • 2019 English National Youth Champion (60kg)[11]
  • 2019 European Women's Youth Champion (60 kg)[20]

Professional boxing record[edit]

9 fights 9 wins 0 losses
By knockout 5 0
By decision 4 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
9 Win 9–0 Miranda Reyes UD 10 3 Feb 2024 Wembley Arena, Wembley, England Retained IBO Female lightweight title
8 Win 8–0 Magali Rodriguez UD 10 30 Sept 2023 York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England Won vacant IBO Female lightweight title
7 Win 7–0 Yanina del Carmen

Lescano

PTS 8 (8) 16 Jun 2023 York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England
6 Win 6–0 Feriche Mashaury TKO 3 (8), 0:47 11 Feb 2023 Wembley Arena, London, England
5 Win 5–0 Sofia Rodriguez TKO 1 (6), 1:00 17 Dec 2022 Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England
4 Win 4–0 Milena Koleva TKO 5 (6), 1:53 15 Oct 2022 O2 Arena, London, England
3 Win 3–0 Happy Daudi TKO 3 (6), 0:36 30 Jul 2022 Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England
2 Win 2–0 Martina Horgasz TKO 1 (6), 0:49 26 Mar 2022 Wembley Arena, London, England
1 Win 1–0 Vaida Masiokaite PTS 6 5 Feb 2022 Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Caroline Dubois Bio Information - PBC Boxing". FOX Sports. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Boxing record for Caroline Dubois". BoxRec.
  3. ^ "Dubois takes third GB boxing gold". BBC Sport. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Tomas, Fiona (10 January 2020). "Exclusive interview: Boxer Caroline Dubois on posing as a boy called 'Colin' and her dreams of turning pro". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  5. ^ Kershaw, Tom (15 October 2018). "Youth Olympics 2018: Meet Caroline Dubois, Daniel's kid sister following in Wladimir Klitschko's footsteps". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  6. ^ (registration required)"Euro Statement". Boxing News. 13 July 2017. p. 3 – via PressReader. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  7. ^ a b Field, Gemma (18 February 2018). "National Youth Champions crowned on final day in Doncaster". englandboxing.org. England Boxing. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  8. ^ (registration required)Dennen, John (6 September 2018). "Amateurs". Boxing News. p. 3 – via PressReader. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Caroline Dubois: Youth Olympic champion a star to cherish say Costello & Bunce". BBC Sport. 23 October 2018. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  10. ^ (registration required)Dennen, John (12 September 2019). "Young England team continue remarkable winning streak". Boxing News. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  11. ^ a b Halfpenny, Matt (25 February 2019). "England Boxing National Youth Championships 2019 – Finals Day report". englandboxing.org. England Boxing. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Caroline Dubois: British lightweight says women's professional boxing is 'lacking quality and depth'". BBC Sport. 11 February 2020. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  13. ^ Sansom, Dan (16 November 2018). "Boxer Caroline Dubois named SportsAid One-to-Watch winner". Sky Sports. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  14. ^ "BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award: Caroline Dubois wins". BBC Sport. 24 November 2019. Archived from the original on 25 November 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Caroline Dubois takes silver at European qualifying event for Tokyo Games". South London Press. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  16. ^ Iskenderov, Parviz (30 September 2023). "Caroline Dubois on top with decision against Magali Rodriguez". FIGHTMAG.
  17. ^ a b Whaley, Len (19 July 2017). "Boxing: Caroline Dubois set to follow in footsteps of brother Daniel after European junior success". Newham Recorder. Archived from the original on 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  18. ^ Field, Gemma. "English team concludes European with six medals". englandboxing.org. GB Boxing. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  19. ^ "First Ten Youth World champions crowned after an exciting first day of finals in Budapest". aiba.org. AIBA. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  20. ^ "EUBC European Boxing Championships-Sofia 2019 Light (W60 kg)" (PDF). eubcboxing.org. EUBC. 10 September 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.

External links[edit]

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