Terri Harper insists their rising enmity will solely gasoline her in her battle towards Caroline Dubois.
Harper and Dubois put their WBO and WBC light-weight world championships on the road of their conflict, dwell on Sky Sports activities on Sunday April 5.
They’ve exchanged fierce phrases all through the construct as much as their unification and Harper has condemned her rival champion.
“I don’t like rude people. I don’t like bullies. That’s the vibe she gives me. She just rubs me up the wrong way,” she instructed Sky Sports activities Information.
“It is nice although as a result of that is what I want. As a result of I most likely am a bit laid again.
“She offers me that fireside in my stomach that I want. I really wish to go on the market and do the work on her.
“For me there’s no pressure, Caroline’s the one who’s been running her mouth.”
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Caroline Dubois vows to deliver again Terri Harper’s nightmares throughout their world title unification conflict on April 5.
She added: “I’m glad she’s had a lot to say. She’s done the dirty work for us and she’s selling the fight. It would have been quite hard if we were both quiet and polite like myself. Caroline’s done the work now and it’s time for me to do the work on [the] Sunday night.”
The reigning WBO belt-holder at 135lbs, Harper is a seasoned three-weight world champion. She believes she has an important benefit towards her youthful opponent.
“I feel like as a fighter I’ve experienced probably everything you can experience. A broken hand, cuts, pull outs the mornings of fights, as a fighter I’ve got a lot under my belt, I’ve got a lot of experience and I know I’m going to be able to use that to my advantage on the night,” Harper stated.
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Caroline Dubois and Terri Harper went head-to-head on the Gloves Are Off.
“It’s huge, it’s my advantage. I’ve experienced everything and on the night you kind of know how to play the rounds in certain scenarios so I’m just going to use it all to my advantage.”
She believes she is going to zero in on a weak point in Dubois’ armoury.
“She will tire, 100 percent. The pattern’s set, you can see it,” Harper declared. “Caroline going over to America for three weeks’ training, it’s not going to miraculously improve her fitness. I’ve just got to focus on myself and do what I do best.
“You’ll be able to see that she fades the second half of the battle so I might be fairly stunned if she carried that energy via.”
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Caroline Dubois repeated her declare that she considers Terri Harper ‘irrelevant’ and says victory on April fifth is simply the beginning of her boxing legacy.
Harper is anticipating a landmark night time in her personal profession.
“It’s everything I’ve dreamed of from being a young amateur,” she stated.
“I’ve just been that focused on the job I’ve got to do. Once it’s all been and gone I can sit back and realise what I’ve done.”
