Caroline Dubois (boxer)

Dubois is one of eleven children. She was raised in a single-parent family by her father, a native of Grenada.^[4] She is of Nigerian descent through her mother.^[6]

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][7]

At the 2017 European Junior Championships, Dubois beat Nune Asatryan by unanimous points decision in the final to take the title.^[8] The following year, she had a win at the English National Youth Championships (60 kg), with a unanimous points decision against Ellis Hopkins.^[9]

She became England's first World Youth Champion by recording a win over Nune Asatryan by unanimous points decision in August 2018, having previously won in her semi-final by unanimous decision against Rebeca Santos.^[10] At the Girls' lightweight competition at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Dubois won the gold medal by beating Porntip Buapa in the final.^[11]

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.^[12] Her next fight was the final of the England Boxing National Youth Championships, which she won by unanimous decision against Wenessa Orczwk.^[13] As of February 2020, Dubois was unbeaten, and expressed an ambition to turn professional.^[14]

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.^[15] and was named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2019.^[16]

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.^[17] At the time of turning pro, Dubois had an amateur record of 37 wins and 3 losses.

Dubois made her professional debut at Motorpoint Arena Cardiff in Cardiff, defeating Vaida Masiokaite on points over six rounds.^[18][19]

In her eighth pro-fight, she defeated Magali Rodriguez by unanimous decision to claim the IBO lightweight title at York Hall in London on 30 September 2023.^[20][21]

Dubois made a successful first defense of her title with a unanimous decision win over Miranda Reyes at Wembley Arena in London on 3 February 2024.^[22][23]

In July 2024, it was announced Dubois had signed a long-term promotional deal with Boxxer and would fight Maira Moneo for the interim WBC female lightweight world title at Oakwell Stadium in Barnsley on 3 August that year.^[24][25] She won by unanimous decision with the ringside judges scoring the fight 100–90, 100–89 and 99–90.^[26][27][28]

On 11 December 2024, Dubois was upgraded to full WBC female lightweight champion after Katie Taylor vacated the title.^[29][30]

Dubois defended her titles against Jessica Camara at Park Community Arena in Sheffield on 11 January 2025.^[31][32] The fight ended in a technical draw at the start of round three on the orders of the ringside doctor after Camara suffered a cut to her left eye caused by an accidental clash of heads.^[33][34]

Having vacated the IBO title, she retained her WBC championship thanks to a majority decision win over Bo Mi Re Shin at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 7 March 2025. Two judges scorecards read 98–92 and 98–93 in her favour, while the third had the fight as a 95–95 draw.^[35][36]

On 9 December 2025, it was announced that Dubois had signed with Most Valuable Promotions and would defend her title against Camilla Panatta at Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, USA, as part of the undercard of the Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua fight on 19 December.^[37][38] She knocked Panatta to the canvas in the sixth round and went on to win the fight by unanimous decision.^[39][40]

Holding the WBC lightweight title, Dubois faced WBO champion Terri Harper in a unification fight at Olympia in London on 5 April 2026.^[41] She won by unanimous decision.^[42][43]

• 2016 European junior champion (54 kg)^[44]
• 2017 European junior champion (60 kg)^[44]
• 2018 English National Youth Champion (60 kg)^[9]
• 2018 European junior champion (60 kg)^[45]
• 2018 Youth Olympic Games champions (Girls' lightweight)^[11]
• 2018 World Women's Youth Champion (60 kg)^[46]
• 2019 English National Youth Champion (60 kg)^[13]
• 2019 European Women's Youth Champion (60 kg)^[47]

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