CAROLINE DUBOIS took seventh place on Friday and soon hope to take on one of the biggest names in women’s boxing.
Yanina del Carmen Lescano 13-2 (4) will have her first competition in the UK as she takes on heavy-handed Dubois in eight rounds. Such is the rapid development of young lightweight, the task seems impossible for the Argentinian.
Dubois, Daniel’s brother will challenge Oleksandr Usyk because Heavyweight Championship On August 26 in Poland, she wants a marquee fight to her own record.
“I spoke up, I wanted Mikaela Mayer,” she told the newspaper. Daily mail.
“She’s someone I’m after and someone I’ve always admired. She’s helped break a lot of barriers in the sport and is the one who’s always pushed and created those big fights.”
Mayer, 10 years older than Dubois, has competed in Great Britain in the last two games with a loss and a win against Alycia Baumgardner and Lisa Wildheart respectively.
“We saw her in a big fight with Alycia Baumgardner, she helped make that amazing,” Dubois said.
“I have a lot of respect for her, but I want to step into the ring and take everything she has. People respect her as a world champion or former world champion, and I thought if I could go in there and go into that match and beat her I would take that.
Dubois not only sees Mayer as a future rival but Baumgardner as well.
“I heard after Baumgardner’s next fight with Christina Linardatou, if she avenged her loss, she said she would increase the weight class to 135. Then my division was exploding. .
“The women’s and men’s lightweight categories are completely on fire. We have a lot of great people coming in and there are a lot of good champions around. Alycia Baumgardner, she did a lot. I want to share the ring with her and fight her and defeat her one day.
