Overview
- At a tense London press conference, WBC titleholder Caroline Dubois dismissed WBO champion Terri Harper as weak-minded and irrelevant, while Harper called the exchange stupid and vowed her sweetest victory.
- Dubois vs Harper is set for April 5 at Olympia in London, where the British rivals will unify the lightweight belts live on Sky Sports.
- Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions is staging its UK debut with an all-women’s, multi-title bill that also features Ellie Scotney’s undisputed super-bantamweight fight against Mayelli Flores and Chantelle Cameron for the WBO super-welterweight title versus Michaela Kotaskova.
- Dubois, 25, cast the fight as the launchpad for a legacy-building run and cited Ronda Rousey’s crossover impact as a model, saying she plans to entertain and will look for a knockout.
- Harper, 29, brings greater top-level experience at multiple weights and a 16-2-2 (6 KOs) record against Dubois’s 12-0-1 (5 KOs), insisting she is being overlooked and intends to make Dubois pay for it.