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Dubois-Harper, Valle-Kuroki approved for vacant Ring titles in April
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Dubois-Harper, Valle-Kuroki approved for vacant Ring titles in April
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The Ring will crown two new champions next month.
Having announced a new global platform for women's boxing last week, Most Valuable Promotions' MVPW-01 card at London's Olympia features four world championship contests - two with Ring belts up for grabs.
Ring and unified junior featherweight champion Ellie Scotney seeks undisputed status at 122 pounds.
She'll look to complete the set facing WBA beltholder Mayelli Flores after recovering from a back injury, making the third defence of her Ring title.
Scotney's gymmate Caroline Dubois gets what she's been calling for since January 2025 in a WBC, WBO lightweight title unification against Terri Harper with the added distinction of a vacant Ring championship belt too.
Dubois (12-0-1, 5 KOs) is The Ring's No. 1-ranked fighter at 135 pounds, Harper (16-2-2, 6 KOs) is rated third.
IBF beltholder Elif Nur Turhan (13-0, 8 KOs) is sandwiched between them at No. 2, having made the first defense of her crown with a 10-round split decision win over Taylah Gentzen on the Bakhram Murtazaliev-Josh Kelly undercard January 31.
Dubois told The Ring's Declan Taylor of her desire to unify against Matchroom-backed Turhan at some stage in 2026, assuming she prevails against Doncaster's three-weight world champion Harper in the first week of April.
The 12-member panel voted unanimously to award this belt in their all-Brit battle, as well as Yokasta Valle vs. Yuko Kuroki later in the month.
Valle-Kuroki is slated for April 18 in Las Vegas, though nothing has been announced by a lead promoter at the time of publication.
Costa Rica's Valle (34-3, 10 KOs), another three-weight world champion, has a chance to win The Ring title two years after falling short against undisputed queen Seniesa Estrada, who retired from the sport seven months later.
She'll face Japan's former WBA titleholder Yuko Kuroki (25-9-2, 10 KOs) next, who lost a contentious 10-round split decision in her unification with WBO strawweight champion Sarah Bormann (21-1, 7 KOs) on October 18.
German-based Italian junior middleweight Piergiulio Ruhe manages Bormann and told The Ring: "We have no problem if Yokasta goes to box Yuko, they can fight for the Ring Magazine title without any issue."
The 30-year-old confirmed the titleholder is nursing a small injury keeping her from training and wouldn't have been ready for a WBC/WBO unification on the division's premier-rated player's timeline.
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