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Rising British boxing star Caroline Dubois is eyeing up a world title fight before the end of the year.

Caroline Dubois says she had to pretend to be a boy called Colin to enter a boxing gym for the first time as a child, but now predicts she will "do what has never been done" in the sport.

The 22-year-old boxer from east London followed her older brother Daniel, who is now a feared heavyweight contender, into the gym."Hopefully by the end of this year I'll be in major contention, fighting for a world title," Dubois told BBC London.

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