Caroline Dubois faced off with Terri Harper (pictured) ahead of their lightweight championship clash, while Catford's Ellie Scotney looks to make British boxing history; watch the Dubois vs Harper and Scotney vs Flores bill live on Sky Sports on Sunday April 5th. Dubois took her opportunity to get close and personal with Harper at the press conference to announce their April 5th show, which will be broadcast by Sky Sports. The two Britons both hold lightweight world championships, Dubois the WBC version and Harper the WBO. They will box to unify the two belts at Kensington's Olympia. Their rivalry, though, is becoming increasingly personal, with Dubois heaping "disrespect" on Harper's accomplishments, as the three-division champion sees it. For example, Dubois repeated her claim that she considers Harper "irrelevant" and says victory on April 5th will just be the start of her boxing legacy

 

The normally softly-spoken Harper declared: "This fight isn't about the belts. For me I just want to fight Caroline. That will be the sweetest victory of my career. She's massively overlooking me and thinks it's going to be an easy night."

 

Dubois interrupted Harper through the press conference and continued to speak to her as they faced off afterwards. Harper, the taller fighter, glared down at Dubois but then turned away and Dubois stepped into her space to pose for the cameras. "I know I'm going to get past this fight. I believe I'm going to smash her up," Dubois said ominously. "I can't wait. This is the start of my future, of my legacy, of my greatness and I'm going all the way. I called her irrelevant because I believe she is. My legacy starts with becoming undisputed in the lightweight division. Unfortunately for Terri she's the one holding the belt."

 

Harper remains a proud champion and the jibes from her opponent have motivated her further. "For me it's the disrespect from Caroline," the WBO titlist said. "She's doing a great job at selling the fight, she's doing my job for me. I'm just being my authentic self. All this means nothing-- it's what happens on the night."