Caroline Dubois was ringside to see Alycia Baumgardner beat Elif Nur Turhan to become a two-weight world champion; if Dubois wins her next fight against Stephanie Han, she is determined to meet Baumgardner in an undisputed unification; Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Caroline Dubois is confident she is one fight away from an undisputed showdown with her American rival Alycia Baumgardner. Baumgardner, formerly an undisputed super-featherweight champion, moved up to lightweight to dominate Elif Nur Turhan and win the IBF lightweight world title. In El Paso on February 20, live on Sky Sports, Dubois fights Stephanie Han, looking to add the WBA championship to the WBO and WBC lightweight titles she already holds. She was in Texas on Sunday, to face off with Han and call out Baumgardner.
As much as there is enmity between Dubois and Baumgardner, who have now had a number of fierce confrontations, the Londoner was pleased to see her rival step up to the 135lb division. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player “Of course, I knew it was going to happen. I said it. I said that there was nothing left for her at 130,” Dubois told Sky Sports.
“She’s been a position now where she’s run out of opponents. “You have to challenge yourself, you have to test yourself and that test, the biggest test for her career is going to be against me. I knew she was going to have to step up.” To stay on track herself, Dubois must defeat Han in February. Han is unbeaten as a professional and has two high-profile wins on her ledger over Holly Holm as well.
But Dubois is determined to overcome her in her hometown and move on. She insists she will not back down from Baumgardner. She does not want the American to equivocate either. “What’s the point of moving up in weight and having one belt?
There’s no point going halfway, you go all the way. When you’re on a quest for greatness, you go all the way,” Dubois said. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player “I know for myself, I want to be undisputed. I’ll be very frustrated if I fight and unify as much as I can and there’s just one belt and she’s terrified to step in the ring me and prevents me from becoming undisputed.
I think that would be a whack move and I would be very disappointed.” But Dubois added: “If she’s as great as she says she is then hopefully that’s the character she will have and she would relish the opportunity. “It’s something that we both have to work towards, to make sure when the fight happens it’s on the biggest platform, the biggest stage and we’re given the respect we deserve for putting ourselves on the line.”
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