Alycia Baumgardner believes Caroline Dubois needs to further establish herself as a champion before she considers a potential bout against the unified lightweight world champion. Baumgardner is set to defend her unified WBA, WBO, and IBF super-featherweight world titles against Bo Mi Re Shin. Following her recent victory over Terri Harper, Dubois called out Baumgardner, but the American is not convinced that Dubois is ready for the fight.
Baumgardner thinks Dubois should focus on building her reputation as a champion and putting on more impressive performances before calling her out. Meanwhile, Nakisa Bidarian, co-founder of Most Valuable Promoters, suggests that Dubois should first focus on becoming the undisputed champion in her division before pursuing a fight against Baumgardner.
Bidarian also expressed interest in a potential fight between Shadasia Green and Claressa Shields, should Green emerge victorious in her upcoming title unification bout.