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Caroline Dubois vs Terri Harper – results and post-fight report
Caroline Dubois became the unified WBC and WBO lightweight champion, defeating Terri Harper en route to a unanimous decision victory on Sunday in Olympia.
Dubois (13-0-1, 5 KO) defeated Harper (16-3-2, 6 KO) in the sixth round with a sturdy left hand and survived a good streak at the end and secured a certain victory.
Both teams experienced a frosty atmosphere, although both champions eliminated each other in the first few rounds, with Dubois struggling to put her opponent down.
Harper was having some success on offense and was dodging Dubois’ attacks at first.
However, the 25-year-old found her range in the middle of the match and scored the decisive break.
A thrust followed by a left hand knocked the Denaba resident down.
‘Belter’ defeated the count and the bell rang, much to her relief.
Blood was streaming down Harper’s face nine seconds after the headbutt, although she bravely kept the pressure on, feeling her time as world champion would be circumscribed if she couldn’t change the vigorous.
In a nail-biting final round, both men traded frantically, although the knockout that Harper so desperately needed didn’t seem likely despite her success.
Two scores of 98-91 and another 97-92 secured her the crown as the unified WBC and WBO lightweight champion.
Ellie Scotney became the undisputed super bantamweight champion with a dominant scoring performance over Mayella Flores in a thrilling bout.
Scotney entered the competition as the WBC, IBF and WBO champion and fought to take the WBA belt from Flores.
The home favorite was under constant pressure from the Mexican, who was trading feverishly throughout, but thanks to Scotney’s superior skills and counter-attacks, Scotney emerged victorious and became the youngest undisputed champion, either male or female, in the four-belt era, with two scores of 100-90 and one of 96-94.
Cameron is the world champion
Chantelle Cameron became world champion once again, winning the vacant WBO super welterweight title with a comfortable points victory over Michaela Kotaskova.
Cameron secured victory with two scores of 99-91 and another 100-90, confirming her dominance.
The 34-year-old faced unified WBC, IBF and WBA champion Mikaela Mayer, with the pair on course for an undisputed title bout.
Emma Dolan’s hopes of becoming a world champion were dashed after a third-round defeat to IBF super flyweight champion Irma Garcia.
Chloe Watson suffered her third defeat in four fights, ahead of Finland’s Teresa Makinen.
Former world champion Shannon Courtenay won her third straight fight, defeating Sasha Booker in the third round of their super flyweight clash.
Nigerian Elizabeth Oshoba remained undefeated, also winning in the third round against Chelsey Arnell.
Prospective super lightweight Arjon Basi made it three straight career wins by defeating Jake Price in the second round.
In the super bantamweight division, Harvey Smith defeated Juan Alberto Batista on points, and Gemma Paige Richardson did the same in a lightweight meeting with Johana Rajmont.
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Tony Yoka has broken his silence on Lawrence Okolie’s failed test that canceled their scheduled heavyweight fight.
On Saturday in Paris, Yoka was scheduled to face Okolie in a fierce heavyweight fight.
But on Tuesday, the Briton failed a VADA test, reportedly for GHRP 2 and its metabolite M8, a synthetic substance that stimulates the body to release human growth hormone.
Promoter Frank Warren tried to find a slow replacement, but later canceled the entire show.
Yoka (33) admits that he was bitterly disappointed with the situation.
“I was disappointed because I wanted to fight,” said the 33-year-old talkSPORT.
“Of course I was ready.
“It’s not like it happened a few months before, it was three, four days before the fight.
“It was a great opportunity.
“It would have put me in a really good position, so it really worried me.
“What was more disappointing to me was that they just canceled the entire show, but I understand it’s a business.”
The Frenchman says he won’t wait too long and has been told he will either fight on the card Fabio Wardley vs. Daniel Dubois May 9 in Manchester or on the bill Dave Allen vs Filip Hrgovic on May 16 in Doncaster.
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Okolie, the WBC’s number one contender for Oleksandr Usyk’s title, promised in a statement to clear his name.
“Before anyone starts imagining the worst, after last year’s bicep injury, I suffered an elbow injury on the same shoulder during this camp.
“I underwent treatment and now we are here.
“I hope common sense will prevail.
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“I will of course cooperate fully with all relevant authorities and I am confident that any investigation will clear my name.
“I will not be making any further comments at this time.
“Thank you for all your support and see you soon.”
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David Benavidez is already looking to the future ahead of next week’s showdown with Zurdo Ramirez.
Benavidez challenges Zurdo for his unified WBO and WBA cruiserweight world titles next Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, live on DAZN pay-per-view.
“The Mexican Monster” is moving up from lightweight heavyweight, where he holds the WBC crown, in a bid to become a three-division world champion.
An undisputed 175-pound title fight with Dmitry Bivol has so far eluded the undefeated 29-year-old, but he insists he will return to the weight class after the Ramirez fight in an attempt to lure Bivol to fight him.
“My plan wasn’t just to abandon the lightweight heavyweight division,” Benavidez said Ariel Helwani show.
“My plan was this [to] come up, win two titles, come back and make this fight with me and Bivol even bigger.
“My dream is to become unified champion.
“It would be wise for me to go back downstairs.”
Bivol, the holder of the remaining IBF, WBA and WBO belts, will defend his IBF title against mandatory challenger Michael Eifert on May 30 in Russia.
The 35-year-old won the undisputed crown, among others revenge victory over Artur Beterbiev in his last appearance last February.
The Russian gave up the WBC belt, which Benavidez currently holds, in pursuit of a third meeting with Beterbiev, which ultimately did not take place.
Benavidez, who stopped Anthony Yarde in Riyad in November, is also hoping to fight former undisputed lightweight heavyweight champion Beterbiev, who hasn’t fought since his only professional loss to Bivol.
“After this fight [against Bivol] when I win the titles,” he added.
“I’m going to fight Beterbiev.
“I’m probably most excited about Beterbiev.
“These are two monsters heading on a collision course.
“Beterbiev was a bogeyman for a long, long, long time.
“Being the monster I am, I have to go in there and get rid of the bogeyman.”
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Ryan Garcia insists he was not given a contract to fight Conor Benn, despite the Briton insisting he signed a contract for the fight.
Garcia and Benn are reportedly in talks for a welterweight world title clash in Las Vegas in August.
Benn is the number one contender for the American’s WBC crown, which he won by unanimous decision over Mario Barrios in February.
On Wednesday, Benn publicly called on his rival to sign the end of the deal.
“Sign the contract @RyanGarcia,” the 29-year-old wrote X.
“King Ry” sharply criticized “The Destroyer”, claiming that he was not given a contract to sign.
The 27-year-old wrote further X: “If I actually had a contract, Conor, I would sign it as soon as one of these hands touches your jaw on fight night.”
Benn has not broken the 147-pound limit since 2022, although he has signaled his intention to return to welterweight, and his last fight was at 150 pounds.
The player from Ilford said goodbye to former two-time world champion, Regis Prograis unanimous decision at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium earlier this month.
Benn fought at middleweight in his two fights, then fought Prograis in two hard-fought matches against Chris Eubank Jr.
Prior to his victory over Porgrais, the 29-year-old controversially left former promotional team Matchroom to join Zuffa Boxing on a one-fight deal reportedly worth $15 million.
Benn resigned last week from the company formed by UFC president Dana White as part of a five-fight contract.
“I just signed a fresh multi-fight contract, which I am very joyful with,” he said.
“Our visions are consistent.
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If I actually had a contract, Conor, I would sign it as soon as one of those hands touched your jaw on fight night.
— RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) April 22, 2026
“Our goal remains the same, which is to win the world title, but more importantly, to give people the fight they want.
“Give people mega fights.”
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