CAROLINE Dubois is a British professional boxer who has been making waves in the ring as a youth fighter.
She has already claimed various titles and has boxing in her blood through her famous brother Daniel.
Who is Caroline Dubois?
Caroline Dubois is British professional boxer.
She was born January 11, 2001.
Caroline is one of eleven children which includes her older brother, heavyweight boxer Daniel Dubois.
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She was raised in a single-parent family by her father who is a native of Grenada.
Caroline started boxing when she was nine, and her father wanted her to practice at the top club where Daniel trained.
During her first few months at Repton Amateur Boxing Club, Caroline pretended to be a boy named Colin.
How many titles has Caroline Dubois won?
Caroline is the Youth Olympic champion, and has won the European Junior Boxing Championships four times.
The boxer won the European Junior Boxing Championships in 2016 at 54kg, and in 2017, 2018 and 2019 in the 60kg weight-class.
She became the Women's Youth World Boxing Champion in 2018 and is the reigning Youth Olympic Champion, having taken home the girls' lightweight gold medal in the same year.
Caroline has also won the English National Youth Championships twice in 2018 and 2019.
One of her biggest opponents in youth competitions was Russian fighter Nune Asatryan, who Caroline faced in the final of the 2017 European Junior Championships.
Caroline beat her by a unanimous points decision in the final, taking the title.
Caroline later became England's first World Youth Champion by winning against Asatryan by unanimous points decision in August 2018, and in 2019 at the European Youth Championships, Caroline took the title after a win against Asatrian.
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Her biggest stage was at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics where she won gold in the girls' lightweight competition, beating Porntip Buapa.
Her next fight was the final of the England Boxing National Youth Championships where she won against Wenessa Orczwk by unanimous decision.
After these youth championships, Caroline was named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2019.
In February 2020, Caroline expressed her ambition to turn professional.
Caroline qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics but was knocked out of the competition after losing to Sudaporn Seesondee, the Thai fighter who went on to win the bronze medal.
In February 2022, Caroline won her first professional bout against Vaida Masiokaite by points decision.
By August 2023, Caroline had won all six of her professional boxing matches, five by knockout and one by decision.
Who is Caroline's brother Daniel Dubois?
Daniel Dubois is a British professional boxer who held the World Boxing Association (WBA) (regular) heavyweight title from 2022 to August 2023.
He was born September 6, 1997.
At regional level Daniel has held multiple heavyweight championships including British and Commonwealth titles from 2019 to 2020.
When he was amateur, he was five-time national junior titlist and British champion.
