Caroline Dubois coasted to triumph implicit Amelia Moore to support her WBC and WBO lightweight titles and enactment connected people for a blockbuster gathering with unified super-featherweight champion Alycia Baumgardner successful 2027.
Dubois dominated the combat astatine BP Pulse Arenain Birmingham and knocked Moore down successful the 5th circular but was incapable to find the decisive stroke against the dogged American.
The British combatant won connected unanimous judges' decision, 99-90 99-90 98-91 up connected the scorecards.
Dubois was dense favourite for this combat and ne'er looked little than successful control, though her reliance connected powerfulness and beingness alternatively than velocity ensured it went the region to a long, inevitable conclusion.
She sent Moore to the canvas with a booming near successful circular five, but Moore got consecutive backmost up and was alternatively moved astir the ringing by Dubois similar a feline playing with a mouse.
After the fight, Dubois had a warfare of words with the watching Baumgardner, who accused the Briton of "tightening up" and being "tired".
In conscionable her 5th nonrecreational fight, Moore - who has 2 American nationalist championships from a respectable amateur vocation - showed admirable guts, but lacked the prime to occupation her foe.
It was wide that Dubois has boxed 70 much nonrecreational rounds than Moore, and she made airy of being 4 inches shorter to debar immoderate danger.
Now it is anticipated that Dubois, present unbeaten successful 15 nonrecreational fights with 14 wins, volition look Baumgardner adjacent twelvemonth - should the American bushed Elif Nur Turhan successful November.
Dubois and Baumgardner - who some gave abstracted media conferences promoting their respective upcoming fights successful Birmingham connected Thursday - person been sniping astatine each different for a year.
And it continued ringside post-fight, with Baumgardner contiguous for what she called a "scouting mission" connected Dubois connected Saturday night.
Dubois' caller MVP-curated property - brash and self-confident - was connected show arsenic she called retired Baumgardner for stepping into "my part - I americium the champion here", successful an expletive-infused exchange.
She has besides made changes extracurricular ring, including a daze determination to power trainer.
Dubois dropped Shane McGuigan successful London, who helped usher her to 2 satellite titles successful the lightweight division, and has opted to marque the determination to Los Angeles to enactment with renowned US trainer Manny Robles arsenic she aims to instrumentality her vocation to the adjacent level.
Baumgardner has said she "absolutely" wants to combat Dubois, and if the 32-year-old successfully steps up to lightweight and beats IBF champion Turhan successful Texas connected 8 November, past they should header different MVP showcase of women's boxing.
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