Caroline Dubois is plotting a path to an undisputed lightweight championship fight against American rival Alycia Baumgardner, with the British boxer eyeing another world title fight before the end of the year.
Baumgardner will challenge Elif Nur Turhan for the IBF lightweight world title in the early hours of Monday, November 9, live on Sky Sports. Dubois, who holds the unified WBC and WBO 135lb titles, expects to fight the winner of that bout for the undisputed crown, but does not want to wait on the sidelines in the meantime.
Instead, Dubois is targeting Stephanie Han, the WBA belt-holder, to add a third title to her collection first.
Dubois targets Han
"I want to become undisputed and I want to be involved in relevant fights. To unify the division is my dream right now. The only other champion [available] is Han and we'll just have to see if I can get it in before the end of the year. If not we'll have to go early next year," Dubois told Sky Sports.
"Hopefully we'll be unified world champion by the end of this year or early next. One belt away from becoming undisputed."
Dubois completed a successful defence of her titles when she beat Amelia Moore in Birmingham last month. Immediately afterwards, she engaged Baumgardner in a furious war of words.
'She's threatened, she's jealous'
"She's most definitely intimidated by me. She's frightened of what I bring to the table. When she looks at me I know that she sees a younger, better, stronger, more talented, more everything better than her. Everything I do is just better than her. I feel like she's threatened by that," Dubois said.
"Everything that she has had to work so hard to get I've had it and I've achieved it in such quick succession. She's threatened, she's jealous. She's feeling a lot of emotions and all I can say is I hope she can focus herself, get that win [over Turhan] and we can find out who's the best."
"I hope she wins the fight. I'm going to be real upset if she doesn't win because I need to show her something," Dubois continued.
What comes next
"Elif Turhan, the champion, versus Alycia Baumgardner, the contender, is going to be an awesome fight. I want the winner. I've made it very clear. I feel like I have been very vocal about the fact that I want to become undisputed.
"The path has revealed itself to me. The path has become clear now... So close, but so far," Dubois said.
Turhan defends her IBF lightweight title against Baumgardner on November 9, with the fight airing live on Sky Sports.
