Dubois retains title as head clash ends Camara bout in draw

British lightweight Caroline Dubois retained her WBC satellite rubric aft her contention with Jessica Camara ended successful a frustrating method gully due to the fact that of a clash of heads.

On her 24th birthday, Dubois dropped the challenger with a smart, consecutive near manus successful the archetypal round.

The Londoner sensed an aboriginal decorativeness and continued to heap connected the unit successful the 2nd arsenic humor flowed down from Camara's near oculus aft the accidental coming unneurotic of heads.

The referee and ringside doc waved disconnected the contention earlier the third, ruling the 36-year-old Canadian – whose close oculus was besides heavy swollen - was not acceptable to continue.

"The humor wasn't coming successful her face, she didn't privation it," said Dubois, who won her archetypal 10 pro fights.

"It was either getting stopped by a doc oregon I'm stopping it. I privation her good and anticipation she has a harmless formation home."

Dubois was upgraded from interim to afloat satellite champion aft Katie Taylor vacated her belt. She has called for a unification combat with Doncaster's WBO champion Terri Harper next.

Barnsley's super-middleweight Callum Simpson defends his British and Commonwealth rubric against Steed Woodhall successful the main lawsuit aboriginal connected Saturday.

It was not the result Dubois wanted, but an different awesome 4 minutes of boxing from the champion.

Her entranceway to a creation remix of Whitney Houston's 'I'm each woman' hyped up the sold-out 3,000 crowd, made up astir wholly of fans supporting Yorkshireman Simpson.

Dubois came retired with existent intent. She landed a crisp assemblage changeable aboriginal successful circular one, earlier flooring Camara with the southpaw left.

Former cruiserweight satellite champion Chris Billam-Smith cheered his stablemate connected from ringside arsenic Dubois landed hurtful, menacing powerfulness punches.

Camara was connected a four-fight winning streak, but the Montreal combatant was intelligibly retired of her extent arsenic she sighed connected instrumentality to the corner.

Dubois continued to bulldoze her mode done successful the second, grunting with each punch thrown.

She looked acceptable for a sixth stoppage triumph earlier the disappointing decorativeness brought a premature extremity to proceedings. If the contention had gone past the 4th round, it would person been decided by the judges' scorecards.

"The chopped was connected the broadside and it [blood] wasn't dropping successful the eye. I was amazed we didn't spell past 4 rounds," added Dubois' trainer Shane McGuigan.

It has been rather the fewer months for the Dubois name. The Greenwich fighter's estranged brother, Daniel Dubois, stopped Anthony Joshua successful September to clasp his satellite heavyweight title.

Long heralded arsenic the aboriginal of women's boxing, amateur standout Dubois – contempt this gully with Camara - has done everything asked of her arsenic a professional.

"She is the champion pistillate combatant connected the satellite by a mile," said McGuigan.

Her boxing illustration does not yet wed up with her abilities, however. Dubois' grounds is void of that marquee opponent, 1 which could propel her stardom.

A unification contention with Harper oregon Brazil's IBF champion Beatriz Ferreira would beryllium a existent measurement up, but some fights Dubois would beryllium assured of winning.