Dubois was the interim champion and will make a first defence of the world title on January 11th
has vacated her WBC lightweight belt, handing the belt to Britain’s Caroline Dubois, sister of IBF heavyweight world champion Daniel.
The British boxer was given the belt by WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman, who was re-elected for a new four-year term, at the body’s annual convention in Hamburg. Taylor, the 2012 Olympic gold medallist and WBC’s super-lightweight champion, had held the belt since 2019 but the Bray boxer had not fought at lightweight since 2022.
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