A dismissive Alycia Baumgardner said Britain\u2019s Caroline Dubois still has more to prove before the American will entertain a fight between the two unified champions.<\/p>\n
That was the curt assessment from Baumgardner early Saturday morning after she retained her WBA, WBO and IBF junior lightweight world titles<\/a> with a controlled, at times punishing display across 10 three-minute rounds against Bo Mi Re Shin in a main event that started well past midnight at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n \u201cLike I said, I\u2019m a piranha,\u201d said Baumgardner, a world champion at 130lb since 2021. \u201cThat\u2019s a guppy. Get her out of here.\u201d<\/p>\n Dubois, the 25-year-old sister of British heavyweight contender Daniel Dubois<\/a>, has exchanged barbs with Baumgardner in the weeks since defeating Terri Harper to consolidate the WBC and WBO belts at 135lb on Easter Sunday at Kensington Oval \u2013 a showing which Baumgardner shrugged off as as \u201ca C-level performance\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThe fight I\u2019m interested in is Alycia Baumgardner,\u201d Dubois said after outpointing Harper over 10 two-minute rounds. \u201cThat\u2019s the fight I want by the end of the year. There\u2019s no need to waste time. The best versus the best.\u201d<\/p>\n Both Baumgardner and Dubois are signed to Most Valuable Promotions, the five-year-old outfit co-founded by boxer-influencer Jake Paul, which last month launched a bespoke women\u2019s platform, MVPW, alongside a three-year media rights deal with ESPN aimed at giving female fighters a regular, high-visibility platform on linear television.<\/p>\n Dubois headlined the inaugural MVPW event in London, while Baumgardner topped the second card in New York. Each has benefitted from increased exposure under the MVP banner, not least coveted spots on the televised undercard<\/a> of Paul\u2019s fight with Anthony Joshua in December at Miami\u2019s Kaseya Center, which attracted 33m viewers globally.<\/p>\n \u201cI believe she\u2019s already spoken to [MVP co-founder Nakisa Bidarian] and said: \u2018I don\u2019t want that fight,\u2019\u201d Dubois said. \u201cPeople say she hits hard, I know I hit harder. It\u2019s the most exciting fight in women\u2019s boxing \u2026 and we need to make it happen by the end of this year.<\/p>\n \u201cShe is not about that life. She is not as gangster as she makes out to be.\u201d<\/p>\n Alycia Baumgardner poses with her junior lightweight championship belts alongside her team after her win over Bo Mi Re Shin. Photograph: Amanda Westcott\/Most Valuable Promotions<\/p>\n Dubois escalated the simmering feud on Sky Sports in the run-up to Baumgardner\u2019s fight with Shin, predicting the 31-year-old Ohio native would struggle with the durable South Korean and suggesting the bout could expose vulnerabilities she believes are there.<\/p>\n She also called Baumgardner\u2019s integrity into question over a positive test for a performance-enhancing drug after a 2023 fight, a ruling later overturned when an lengthy investigation found she didn\u2019t intentionally use banned substances, saying her performances \u201chaven\u2019t looked the same\u201d since.<\/p>\n