'Katie Taylor is the biggest name out there but I am the best and I won't go chasing'
Caroline Dubois is the mandatory challenger for Katie Taylor's WBC lightweight world title
Caroline Dubois has boldly claimed that she is the best boxer around after becoming the mandatory challenger for one of Katie Taylor's world titles.
The 23-year-old defeated Maira Moneo via unanimous decision in Barnsley earlier this month to claim the WBC Interim World Lightweight Title and become the mandatory for Taylor's WBC belt at 135lbs.
Undisputed super-lightweight world champion Taylor will defend the belts she holds at 140lbs against Amanda Serrano in a re-run of their 2022 Madison Square Garden classic in Texas on November 15 and looks unlikely to drop back to lightweight in the future after vacating the WBO and IBF belts she held at the weight earlier this year.
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Dubois has made no secret of her desire to share the ring with Taylor, but says she won't go chasing the 2012 Olympic gold medallist.
“I’m not going to go chasing anyone. I just want to be involved in a sold-out fight and a headliner. I believe I’m one of the best fighters around," she told SportsBoom.com. "Actually, I am the best. Now, this is about actually making it happen. I can say whatever you want me to say. It means nothing. The most important thing is getting in that ring and actually doing it.
“Katie Taylor is obviously the biggest name out there. But luckily there’s so many other big names out there too: Alycia Baumgardner, Rhiannon Dixon, Terri Harper and Beatriz Ferreira.”
Dubois' brother is preparing for a world heavyweight title showdown with Anthony Joshua at Wembley next month and although she believes Daniel possesses both the skills and the power to overcome Joshua, she grinned: “I took to boxing better than all of my other brothers and sisters.
“One hundred percent, I’m the most natural in the family because I was the only one who actually asked to box.
“I did it because, being a girl, I wanted to be noticed. I wanted to show that we could do it too.”
“We’re all there for each other and will do whatever it takes. But, definitely, I reckon I’m the one who picked it up the easiest because I actually asked to do it.”
“There’s no comparison between us, though,” added Dubois, whose brothers Prince and Solomon also box.
“We are all on our own different journeys, so I don’t like doing that - saying who is the best - because there’s no point to it and doesn’t make any sense.
“What I will do, though, is say that we are there for each other. Always.”
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