Caroline Veyre
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Nickname | Caro[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 October 1988[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | Lightweight, Featherweight, Super-featherweight | ||||||||||||||
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| Stance | Orthodox[3] | ||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Win by KO | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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Caroline Veyre (born 4 October 1988) is a French-born Canadian professional boxer. She has held the WBC female super-featherweight title since February 2026. As an amateur Veyre won a gold medal in the women's lightweight category at the 2015 Pan American Games and competed at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.
Amateur career
Veyre started boxing at age 18 as a way to stay in shape and learn self-defense.[1] Fighting out of Club Boxe de l'Est in Montreal,[4] she won national titles in 2013 and 2014.[1]
At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Veyre won the gold medal in the lightweight category defeating Argentina's Dayana Sánchez by split decision in the final.[5][6]
In 2016, Veyre suffered a shoulder injury which prevented her from qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. Upon her return, she won a silver medal at the 2017 American Boxing Confederation Continental Championships in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, losing in the final to Brazil's Beatriz Ferreira.[7]
She reached the quarter-finals at both the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in New Delhi, India,[1] and the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[8][9]
Veyre switched to the featherweight category for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, reaching the quarter-finals where she lost to Italy's Irma Testa by unanimous decision.[10][11][12]
Professional career
Veyre turned professional in 2022,[13] making her pro-debut on 6 August that year with a unanimous decision win over Liliana Marisela Borquez from Mexico in a four-round contest at the Civic Complex, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.[14]
She faced Licia Boudersa for the vacant WBC Silver female featherweight title at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, USA, on 26 July 2025, as part of the undercard for the Claressa Shields vs Lani Daniels undisputed female heavyweight championship fight.[15][16] She won by unanimous decision.[17]
Veyre fought Delfine Persoon for the vacant WBC female super-featherweight title at GLC Live at 20 Monroe in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, on 10 February 2026.[18][19] She won by unanimous decision.[20][21]
Personal life
Veyre has a degree in translation.[1]
