Dubois Outpoints Bloodied Harper To Unify Titles

Caroline Dubois floored a bloodied Terri Harper earlier outpointing her British rival to go nan unified lightweight world champion astatine London's Olympia.

After a dull first half of nan contest, Dubois dropped Harper pinch a prestigious jab and near hook successful nan sixth round.

Doncaster's Harper, who suffered a nasty trim aft a conflict of heads successful nan eighth, showed awesome tone to proceed throwing until nan last round.

The judges scored nan conflict 98-91, 97-92 and 98-91 to Dubois, who adds Harper's WBO loop to her WBC title.

"I'm a fighter. I'm an entertainer. This is why this conflict was nan astir talked about," Dubois, 25, said.

The arena marked nan first United Kingdom show staged by Most Valuable Promotions arsenic Londoner Dubois extended her unbeaten grounds to 13 wins and 1 draw.

Harper - a three-weight world champion- drops to 16 wins, 3 defeats and 2 draws.