Caroline Dubois claimed Alycia Baumgardner is “most definitely” frightened of combating her later this yr.
Dubois has launched a confrontation with the American after beating Terri Harper earlier this month to unify the WBC and WBO light-weight world championships.
Baumgardner is in motion this weekend, defending her IBF, WBO and WBA super-featherweight titles towards Bo Mi Re Shin in New York, reside on Sky Sports activities from 3am on Saturday morning.
Dubois has made it clear she desires to satisfy Baumgardner in a high-profile conflict, however believes her American rival will wrestle with Shin.
“She’s fighting one of my opponents that I’ve already beaten,” Dubois informed Sky Sports activities. “I want her to win the fight. I think she’s a huge name and she does all the right things promotion-wise and build up-wise. That’s why people want to fight her. I want to see her win the fight.”
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Caroline Dubois says she is not going to look determined chasing a battle with Katie Taylor because the Irish boxing legend won’t ever settle for the problem.
However Dubois added: “Knowing how tough Bo is, I think it will be a hard fight. I think Bo will expose what I know and what I see. But I hope she can pull through it and have the better skills and win the fight.”
The Londoner is cranking up the stress on Baumgardner to conform to field her.
“She doesn’t want the fight,” Dubois stated. “Every time you hear Alycia Baumgardner, the name that is constantly coming up in the comments is Caroline Dubois. She says that there’s bigger fights elsewhere but every time people associate Alycia, they associate her with me.
“They’re calling for Alycia versus Caroline Dubois. I do not know why we should not give the followers what they need. It is an amazing battle. It may be down as to whether MVP [their promoter] need the battle and whether or not she will lastly discover her [courage].”
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Unified super-featherweight champion Alycia Baumgardner insisted Caroline Dubois is avoiding a battle together with her.
Like she did with Harper, Dubois will proceed her verbal assault unabashed.
“I don’t think I play the villain. I think I play confidence and people are triggered by that. I play confident. I am myself. I knew I was a better fighter than Terri Harper,” the Briton stated.
“I don’t think I’m being a villain. I’m just saying the truth. I’m saying how I feel and I’m not afraid to say it. A lot of people feel ways leading up to the fight but they don’t have the courage or the heart to say it. Because if they lose then they’re going to get called out for it.
“I simply need to be me and if folks wish to be triggered by that, that is as much as them.”
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Highlights from Caroline Dubois’ conflict with Terri Harper for the WBC and WBO light-weight title.
Dubois can have different choices if the battle with Baumgardner cannot be made. There are different champions at light-weight for her to field. Stephanie Han and Holly Holm battle for the WBA title on Could 30 whereas unbeaten, hard-punching Elif Nur Turhan holds the IBF championship at 135lbs.
Fairly than ready for the Han-Holm winner, Dubois wish to field Turhan subsequent.
“I don’t think she’s a good fighter but she’s a very dangerous fighter. I don’t think the fight is a hard fight but I think it’s a dangerous fight. That’s what makes it exciting,” Dubois stated.
“I want to continue my own progression,” she concluded. “I want to be involved in the biggest fights. I obviously want to create a great legacy for myself. I’ve unified and I would love to do it again.”
Watch Alycia Baumgardner vs Bo Mi Re Shin reside on Sky Sports activities Motion and Predominant Occasion from 3am on Saturday morning.
