CAROLINE DUBOIS unified the lightweight division with a unanimous decision win over bloodsoaked Terri Harper.
The 25-year-old WBC queen gobbled up the 29-year-old’s WBO version with a sixth-round knockdown and a decision over the three-weight champ.
The three ringside judges called the action: 98-91, 97-92 and 98-91.
Harper was the busier fighter in the opener, with jabs and a right hand. Dubois barely threw a single shot, until a wild left hand missed by a mile.
Dubois livened up in the second and was more aggressive but Harper landed a couple of eye-catching shots, on the backfoot, that should have boosted her confidence against a red-hot favourite.
The action remained tentative throughout the third too, Harper’s rise from super-feather was supposed to make her vulnerable to Dubois’ power.
But the Donny lass was not afraid of standing and trading with her bigger rival.
Dubois grabbed control of the bout in the back half of the fourth, when her finesse and fitness started to overpower Harper.
Both girls tried to grab the contest by the throat in the fourth but the southpaw vs orthodox match-up was making for an ugly fencing contest.
That was until Dubois landed a brilliant sixth-round left hand to Harper’s temple and she was dropped for an eight count, right on the bell.
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A far straighter left hand buzzed Harper n the seventh too, but Yorkshire grit helped her stay vertical.
Heroic Harper suffered a nasty cut somewhere around the eighth that left her face caked in a red mask.
The ninth was another banker for Dubois who staggered Harper with another left hook that she somehow did let drop her.
Harper scored some big shots of her own in the tenth and final round but the damage was done.
