Caroline Veyre: record, next fight and profile →
Dmitriy Salita wants Caroline Veyre and Danielle Perkins to earn the opportunity to challenge the main event fighters at the top of Friday's Most Valuable Promotions card.
Last month, Caroline Veyre outpointed Delfine Persoon to capture a junior lightweight belt, the outcome of a long time in boxing. “I can’t wait to see what the future holds now,” she said.
Caroline Veyre is now the WBC women’s junior lightweight titleholder. The first career title win for the former amateur standout, however, was not pretty to watch.
Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Sardius Simmons opened the four-fight DAZN show with a six-round unanimous decision win over Jonathan Lee Rice.
Caroline Veyre has 42 fewer professional bouts than upcoming foe Delfine Persoon's 53, but as she tells BoxingScene, “Experience isn’t just about the pro record.”
Also moving back is a junior lightweight title fight in the co-feature between Caroline Veyre and former lightweight titleholder Delfine Persoon for the vacant WBC belt.
The vacant WBC junior lightweight title fight between Caroline Veyre and Delfine Persoon is now official for January 22, according to Veyre’s social media account.
Caroline Veyre has some big plans, writes Lucas Ketelle.
"I am willing to fight her tomorrow," the 36-year-old Veyre told Lucas Ketelle.
Samantha Worthington won a majority decision over Victoire Piteau on Saturday at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, but she had to earn the junior welterweight title that came with it.