CAROLINE Dubois wants to become an undisputed world champion this year – as she also eyes a showdown with Alycia Baumgardner.
Greenwich’s Dubois, 25, is the WBC lightweight champion and undefeated in thirteen professional career fights.
Dubois also wants a unified bout. The other belt-holders at 135 pounds are British rival Terri Harper (WBO), Elif Nur Turhan (IBF) and Stephanie Han (WBA).
”All those three, they’ve all got belts which is great and I feel like this year is all about unifying and becoming undisputed,” Dubois said on Sky Sports. “When you’ve got a list of girls who can make it happen and exciting names, it’s so good.”
Nur Turhan fights Taylah Gentzen in Newcastle this weekend.
“She’s very unproven,” Dubois said when asked about Nur Turhan. “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.
“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 isn’t putting any limits on her ambition.
She said: “I think that’s the goal every fighter should have, to see how far they can push, how much they can achieve. Luckily the best fighters in my weight all have belts.”
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“I will definitely go undisputed and I will chase the Alycia Baumgardner fight. 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. I’d be fighting her in her prime.
“She likes to be in control of things. She likes to feel like she can dominate. 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.
“I think you’re going to get that clash that always happens with personalities.”
