Caroline Sara Dubois (born 11 January 2001) is a British

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. She has been Youth Olympic champion, World Youth champion and four-times European Youth champion.

Early life

Dubois is one of eleven children. She was raised in a single-parent family by her father, a native of

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. Her older brother Daniel Dubois is a professional boxer.

Amateur career

Dubois started boxing at the age of nine. While there were all-girl amateur boxing clubs in her city, her father wanted her to practice at a top-flight club where her older brother Daniel had trained. For her first few months at Repton Amateur Boxing Club, Dubois pretended to be a boy named Colin. At the 2017 European Junior Championships, Dubois beat Nune Asatrian by unanimous points decision in the final to take the title. The following year, she had a win at the English National Youth Championships (60 kg), with a unanimous points decision against Ellis Hopkins. She became England's first World Youth Champion by recording a win over Asatrian by unanimous points decision in August 2018, having previously won in her semi-final by unanimous decision against Rebeca Santos. At the Girls' lightweight competition at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Dubois won the

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by beating Porntip Buapa in the final. The 2019 European Youth Championships in 2019 saw Dubois achieve a unanimous points win over Amina Abramova in their semi-final, before winning the title with a split decision against Asatrian in the final. Her next fight was the final of the England Boxing National Youth Championships, which she won by unanimous decision against Wenessa Orczwk. As of February 2020, Dubois was unbeaten, and expressed an ambition to turn professional. Dubois won the SportsAid One-to-Watch award for 2018, having been chosen from around 1,000 candidates across 60 sports nominated by their sport's governing bodies. She had previously been on the shortlist of ten for the 2017 award. and was named

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in 2019. She qualified for the

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at the

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, where she took the silver medal after losing to

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on a split decision in the final. At the time of turning pro, Dubois had an amateur record of 37 wins and 3 losses.

Professional career

In February 2022, Dubois won her first professional bout against Vaida Masiokaite by a

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In March 2022, Dubois had a first-round stoppage victory (49 seconds) over Martina Horgasz at Wembley Arena. In December 2022 she beat her opponent, Rodriguez, by TKO at the 1st minute of the 1st round.

Achievements

*2016 European junior champion (54 kg) *2017 European junior champion (60 kg) *2018 English National Youth Champion (60kg) *2018 European junior champion (60 kg) *2018 Youth Olympic Games champions (Girls' lightweight) *2018 World Women's Youth Champion (60 kg) *2019 English National Youth Champion (60kg) *2019 European Women's Youth Champion (60 kg)

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dubois, Caroline 2001 births Living people English women boxers Boxers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Lightweight boxers Youth Olympic gold medalists for Great Britain English sportspeople of Grenadian descent Black British sportswomen Boxers from Greater London People from Enfield, London Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Great Britain