Caroline Dubois improves her professional record to 4-0 with a TKO victory over Milena Koleva on the undercard of Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall's undisputed world title fight.
Saturday 15 October 2022 22:04, UK
Lauren Price showcased her elite potential once again as she recorded a dominant TKO victory over Timea Belik in London after seeing Caroline Dubois stop Milena Koleva to remain unbeaten.
Price set the tone with a precision right hand to startle her opponent in the first round, before flashing a passing hook and stalking Belik with another to pile on the pressure.
A precise and powerful left-right combination slapped Belik's head from left to right and back again as Price persisted to expose a weak defence, before her class began to tell in the third when she threatened to end things with a front-foot attack.
The punishment finally ended for Belik when the referee called off the fight after another Price combination had her on the ropes.
Caroline Dubois treated a home crowd to further signs of her blistering speed as she came through the toughest test of her professional career yet to stop a stern Milena Koleva.
The referee was forced to bring the contest to a halt in the fifth round when Dubois unleashed a flurry of punishing shots on her opponent, who dropped onto the ropes as her admirable efforts were finally worn down.
Throughout the week amateur standout Dubois had reiterated her pride to be fighting on the same card as women's boxing stars she had watched and idolised as a teenager.
On this occasion it was the Londoner continuing her march as one of Britain's rising stars and role model to young girls in the position in which she had once found herself.
The youth Olympic champion rocked her opponent with a thumping hook in the second round as both showed a willingness to let their hands fly, before Dubois showcased her defensive skills with a slick evasive manoeuvre after Koleva spotted an opening.
She continued to frustrate Koleva with a bob-weave-attack phase, though did find herself under pressure at times in the face of a rampant but wild opponent.
Dubois strengthened her control in the fourth when she landed three overhead right hands, the third of which knocked Koleva to the canvas.
A tiring Koleva looked to make amends early in the fifth only to see her early exertion of energy unlock the door for Dubois to finish the job and improve her professional record to 4-0.
Earlier in the night Karriss Artingstall had been too fast, too slick, too well-conditioned, too accurate for Marina Sakharov as she cruised to a decision victory in her second professional fight.
The Olympic bronze medallist tempered quickfire combinations with a taunting jab to control the distancing of the fight, picking off Sakharov with ease throughout.
Newcastle's April Hunter overcame a cut suffered to her left eye in the first round to breakdown Erica Alvarez of Argentina in a points victory.
Rising Watford prospect Shannon Ryan produced a blistering display to out-manoeuvre Buchra El Quaissi on her way towards a dominant referee's decision victory, extending her unbeaten start to her professional career to 3-0.
Former Commonwealth Youth champion Georgia O'Connor had earlier made it three wins from three in her early career with a unanimous decision win over Joyce Van Ea in their light middleweight contest.
In the opening fight of the night Bec Connolly was beaten by undefeated 20-year-old Sarah Leigmann of Germany in their super-bantamweight clash, before Ginny Fuchs claimed a decision win over Gemma Ruegg in the super flyweight division.
