Katie Taylor: Baumgardner v Dubois 'probably the biggest fight in women's boxing right now'

Asked about the pair squaring up after Baumgardner won the IBF lightweight title, Taylor said the American and the Briton are "two very, very talented fighters".

Katie Taylor says a fight between Alycia Baumgardner and Caroline Dubois is "probably the biggest fight in women's boxing right now".

Taylor was asked in an interview the day after Baumgardner's win about the American being on a collision course with Dubois. "I think that's probably the biggest fight in women's boxing right now. Two very, very talented fighters," she said. "A great performance from Alycia last night, and Caroline's super as well."

She went on: "So that is a fight I think everybody would love to see. Both very, very technical fighters, but both very athletic." She added: "I hope, I hope, I hope we get to see that."

Baumgardner, the undisputed super-featherweight champion, moved up to lightweight and won the IBF title with a unanimous decision over Elif Nur Turhan in Arlington, Texas, with Dubois ringside. Dubois already holds the WBO and WBC lightweight titles and fights Stephanie Han for the WBA belt in El Paso on 20 February, which would leave the IBF title as the one belt she still needs.

The pair have clashed before. Baumgardner has said Dubois "has no backbone", and Dubois has said she would beat Baumgardner "and make it look easy".

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