We're talking to Caroline Dubois

The British pro boxer and new International Boxing Organization’s lightweight world champion talks about consistency and making sacrifices to get ahead

- Joanna Ebsworth

When I started boxing at the age of nine, there were loads of clubs around but none that allowed females into the gyms.

I wanted to train at Boxing Club like my older brother [heavyweight champion] Daniel, but the coach at the time just didn’t believe there was a place for females in the gym. The only way I could join was if I said I was a boy, so that’s what I did. I became Colin.

When my dad and I looked at clubs where girls could spar, we felt they didn’t take things so seriously.