Caroline Sara Dubois
Name: Caroline Dubois
Alias: 'Sweet Caroline'
Birth Name: Caroline Sara Dubois
Hometown: London, United Kingdom
Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 166cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
Caroline Sara Dubois is a British amateur boxer. She has been Youth Olympic champion, World Youth champion and four-times European Youth champion.
Early life
Dubois is one of eleven children of Dave Dubois, a native of Grenada. She was raised in a single-parent family. Her older brother Daniel Dubois, is a professional boxer.
Career
Dubois started boxing at the age of nine. While there were all-girl amateur boxing clubs in her city, her father wanted her to practice at a top-flight club where her older brother Daniel had trained. For her first few months at Repton Amateur Boxing Club, Dubois pretended to be a boy named Colin.
At the 2017 European Junior Championships, Dubois beat Nune Asatrian by unanimous points decision in the final to take the title. The following year, she had a win at the English National Youth Championships (60 kg), with a unanimous points decision against Ellis Hopkins.
She became England's first World Youth Champion by recording a win over Asatrian by unanimous points decision in August 2018, having previously won in her semi-final by unanimous decision against Rebeca Santos. At the Girls' lightweight competition at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Dubois won the gold medal by beating Porntip Buapa in the final.
The 2019 European Youth Championships in 2019 saw Dubois achieve a unanimous points win over Amina Abramova in their semi-final, before winning the title with a split decision against Asatrian in the final. Her next fight was the final of the England Boxing National Youth Championships, which she won by unanimous decision against Wenessa Orczwk. As of February 2020, Dubois was unbeaten in forty fights, and expressed an ambition to turn professional.
Dubois won the SportsAid One-to-Watch award for 2018, having been chosen from around 1,000 candidates across 60 sports nominated by their sport's governing bodies. She had previously been on the shortlist of ten for the 2017 award and was named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2019.
Achievements
- 2016 European junior champion (54kg)
- 2017 European junior champion (60kg)
- 2018 English National Youth Champion (60kg)
- 2018 European junior champion (60kg)
- 2018 Youth Olympic Games champions (Girls' lightweight)
- 2018 World Women's Youth Champion (60kg)
- 2019 English National Youth Champion (60kg)
- 2019 European Women's Youth Champion (60kg)