Unified super-featherweight champion Alycia Baumgardner has urged Britain’s Caroline Dubois to “do her part” and beat Amelia Moore in Birmingham on Saturday to keep their hopes of fighting in 2027 on track.
American Baumgardner, 32, and WBC and WBO lightweight champion Dubois, 25, have clashed at news conferences and on social media over the past 12 months.
They exchanged insults again on social media following Tuesday’s announcement that Baumgardner would be stepping up to lightweight to face IBF champion Elif Nur Turhan in November.
Dubois faces American Moore in the co-main event on Saturday, with Mikaela Mayer and Chantelle Cameron headlining in a light-middleweight unification contest.
Baumgardner and Dubois, who appear destined to meet if they both win their respective fights, were at separate news conferences at the BP Pulse Arena in Birmingham on Thursday to promote their upcoming bouts.
“The goal is to get past Turhan, which I will, and she has to get past Amelia, who I know very well and is a great fighter,” Baumgardner told BBC Sport.
“In boxing, you never know. Do I want that? Absolutely. But she needs to do her part and step up like I’ve said for a long time – put some skin in the game.
“Energy speaks for itself. You know when a little puppy gets to shivering and they need their mommy?
“I’m always prepared to engage. This is what I do for a living.”
