As part of Black History Month, Caroline Dubois has told Sky Sports News about her sporting idols and their influence on her boxing career.
The 22-year-old is no stranger to pressure, having already become the Youth Olympic champion and claimed four European Youth Championships.
Her professional career has started on a similarly successful footing. In her opening eight fights, she’s racked up five wins by knockout and three by decision, with the most recent victory earning her the IBO lightweight belt.
With this year’s Black History Month theme of ‘Saluting our Sisters’, we asked the British boxer which sportswomen inspired her rise and she told us about four Black sportswomen she idolised in Claressa Shields, Coco Gauff, Simone Biles and Laila Ali.
‘I needed to have someone like Shields when I was a kid’
Dubois’ first role model is fellow boxer Claressa Shields. The 28-year-old is the only fighter in the sport’s history – male or female – to hold all four major world titles simultaneously in two weight classes.
she is widely regarded as the world’s top pound-for-pound female boxer and is 14-0 with two knockouts as a pro.
