Estranged Caroline Dubois, Daniel Dubois' Younger Sister, Opens Up On Acrimonious Family Rift split

Caroline Dubois is one of eleven children raised by her dad, Dave, in a single-parent family. Although she is not as famous as her brother Daniel, who shocked the Boxing world by knocking out Anthony Joshua, she has also carved a niche for herself in professional, from a hobby her dad helped to norture. 

Thus far, she has, like her world famous brother, Daniel, enjoyed a fruitful career that has seen her representing her country at the 2020 Summer Olympics and a 10-0 run since turning pro, with her dad initially acting as a mentor.

But the relationship between father and daughter has gone south, with Caroline cutting off all communication ties and moving out from their family home.

In recent times, Daniel and Dave have both made comments on the situation. Now she is out to put issues surrounding the dispute into perspectives.

Enjoy the revelations as she gives her side of the story. 

Happy reading. 

"I first saw [a clip of] the interview on the week of Daniel's fight," said of her brother's comments on the split.

"I kept getting tagged into it. They were like, 'Oh, why are Caroline and her dad not speaking?'

"And he was like, 'Ah, because my dad doesn't agree with female boxing.' 

"And then I watched the interview [with my dad] and he was saying that he didn't agree with female boxing and that he saw a change in me. 

"I just think that's absolute BS. That's trash. That's a complete lie. I started boxing when I was nine years old, I'm 23 years old now, so that's over 10 years I've been boxing. 

"And in all the years coming through there was never any, 'Oh, I don't really know how I feel about female boxing.' 

"If you look at the past and how things were, ask any of my old coaches, my dad was there. 

"He was there, he was ranting and raving. One of my biggest flag bearers.

"Like, 'I really support this girl, I really want to see her do well.' There was never any dislike to the fact that I was a female boxer...

"That's not the problem. I think I would rather he just be honest about it and just say, 'I don't like her,' or whatever... 

"I think my dad wants me to act a certain way, be a certain way. I was nine years old when I started boxing - he says that I've changed.

"The only reason I started boxing was because I took my life into my own hands and I decided that I wanted more for myself. I truly wanted more for myself.

"My dad's got 11 kids in total, with my mum he's got seven, and I'm the middle child," she continued,

"One thing you know about the middle child is that sometimes they get overlooked and they don't get that attention and they have to fight for it.

"My dad was only paying attention to the boxers and to the boys. He didn't really focus about the girls, by his own admission, he didn't pay attention to my sisters.

"And so I guess as a young kid, you see that and you think, 'Okay, what can I do?' And I said, 'I want to box.'

"I pestered him, I pestered him and he saw, 'She truly has got a fire in her that's different from her brothers. My dad put Daniel in boxing, but with me, I asked for it.

"I guess what it was is he just wanted me to stay a certain way. But I was nine years old and I'm growing.

"I went to school, my brothers didn't go to school. I was on the GB team, I went to the Olympics because I was a good amateur.

"I used to travel a lot. You know, I went to Buenos Aires, Argentina, I went to Bulgaria, Serbia.

"I travelled everywhere and I think that helped open up my mind, helped change me, change my perspective.

"I saw how other people treated their children and my mind opened up. I saw what was acceptable and what I wanted to accept. My boundaries got bigger.

"And I remember coming to a conclusion for myself, 'Who am I boxing for?' When I suffered my first amateur defeat of all time, I went 60 fights, never lost a fight, I lost for the first time and it was the most heartbreaking moment.

"I remember crying for days. I wasn't experienced and I wasn't getting the support. One thing that my dad was honest about is that he stopped supporting me when I was 16 years old.

"With boxing, he just stopped looking after me and supporting me and stopped pushing me because he didn't like the way that I was changing.

"As he says, I was becoming more independent and I wanted more for myself. And I just was like, what am I doing this for? It was like a penny drop moment.

"I was like, 'I'm doing it for myself, I'm doing this shit for myself.' I'm not dying, making weight, sweating out, not eating for days, and as a woman I lose my period. I'm not doing this for some other guy who couldn't care less. I'm doing it for myself, I'm doing it for my future.

"I took that decision. And it started to get very toxic and very bad in the household. He kept saying, 'Why can't you be more like Daniel? You need to be like him.'

"I can't be like him and I wouldn't want to be like him. And that's not disrespect, but we're different people. It was a decision that I had to make, I spoke to my brothers and sisters about it.

"I was like, 'Okay, I'm leaving home, I'm moving out.; And they were like, 'Okay, I want to come with you.'

"My younger brother and sister, they both moved out with me. So we left home and that's what happened.

"My dad's now saying that I saw the change in her. He says, he never liked female boxing. That's absolute BS. And I just wanted to call that out."