Caroline Dubois vs Terri Harper & Ellie Scotney vs Mayelli Flores press conference quotes

On April 5, live on Sky Sports from the Olympia in Kensington, London, Caroline Dubois vs Terri Harper & Ellie Scotney vs Mayelli Flores will headline a Most Valuable Promotions card. Ahead of this intriguing event, Dubois, Harper and Scotney all spoke at a kick-off press conference. Here’s what they had to say about their upcoming fights. Regarding Flores, we included her quotes when the card was originally announced.

Caroline Dubois vs Terri Harper & Ellie Scotney vs Mayelli Flores kick-off presser quotes

This historic event will be headlined by a fascinating double main event of Caroline Dubois (12-0-1, 5 KOs) vs Terri Harper (16-2-2, 6 KOs) in a WBO/WBC lightweight unification bout. The other main event will see the unified super bantamweight champion, Ellie Scotney (11-0, 0 KOs), face the WBA champion, Mayelli Flores (13-1-1, 4 KOs), with undisputed glory up for grabs. 

If successful, Scotney will become the youngest UK boxer in history, male or female, to become an undisputed world champion.

Caroline Dubois

Discussing the significance of the fight against Harper, Dubois said:

“It represents the start. First off, I want to thank everyone here for coming and supporting women’s boxing and supporting the women here today with me. I’m very happy and excited to be headlining. This is amazing for me. This is the start, and I’m happy, and I’m thankful to Nakisa, to Jake Paul, to MVP for making it happen. I can’t wait. Honestly, as I said, this is the start of my future, my legacy, or my greatness. I believe I’m going all the way, and it starts with Terri.”

On her heated rivalry with Harper:

“I called her irrelevant because I believe that she is. I’m not focusing on Terry Harper, I never have, and I never will. I’m focusing on the belt, my future, and my legacy. My legacy starts with becoming undisputed at the lightweight division. Unfortunately for Terri, she’s the one holding the belt, so that’s who I’ve got in my mind. But if it were anyone, and I mean anyone, it wouldn’t matter. My energy, my intensity, and my mindset would be the same,” said Dubois.

Revealing her determination for this fight, she said: 

“There’s a quote that I’ve heard recently that’s just stuck with me. It says, ‘If you want to win the lottery, you still got to make the money to buy the ticket.’ I believe Terri Harper is my lottery ticket to the future. Whatever I want is on the other side of her. But I still got to make the money, and the money is made in the gym. I’m going to work my ass to the bone. I’m going to leave no stone unturned, train like I’ve never trained before.”

Terri Harper

Discussing the importance of being authentic, Harper said:

“She’s doing a great job selling the fight. She’s doing my work for me. So I’m just being my authentic self. I’m here, and I’m enjoying the moment. It’s a great opportunity for me. I thank MVP and Jake Paul for putting on such a great show for us female fighters and coming back to the UK with such an amazing card. I’m focused on what I need to do.”

“I feel like this fight is the perfect time in my career. As Caroline says, I’ve got experience, and honestly, the stars have aligned. I’ve got a great team around me now, and I’m just hungrier more than I have ever been,” Harper said regarding her experience in the ring.

“I’ve been there in my career before, where I’ve been looking at future fights before I’ve even done the fight in front of me. That was a mistake I had to learn the hard way. I feel like Caroline is doing that now. I feel like I’m not here for her respect, but I feel like she’s massively overlooking me and thinks it’s going to be an easy night,” added Harper regarding being overlooked by Dubois.

Revealing what a win would mean for her, Harper said: “For me, this fight isn’t about the belts. Like for me, I just want to beat Caroline, and that’ll be the sweetest victory of my career.” 

Ellie Scotney

On her fight against Flores being postponed the first time, Scotney said:

“I was gutted. I was thinking, have I missed the opportunity? And you know, I always feel that the Lord’s time is better than ours. And to be fighting on the resurrection of Jesus Christ proved that to me. You know, every setback’s aligned. And April the 5th, I’ll become undisputed champion in front of my home crowd.”

Discussing her journey in boxing and earning recognition, Scotney said:

“I feel like I’ve done everything the right way. I’d like to think, as in I’ve never boxed for a vacant title. I’ve gone from champion to champion to champion. And the final one awaits me on April the 5th. I feel like holding integrity through it all will be the thing that will make you stand out in the long run. I just feel like doing it the right way might be the longer way, but I feel like it’s the way Ellie was meant to do it.”  

On the importance of fighting in the UK, Scotney said: 

“Whenever I pictured fighting for undisputed, it was always at home. So the fact that MVP has over-delivered for me, everything I’ve thought or imagined, they bettered.”

Mayelli Flores

Discussing her fight against Scotney when the card was announced, Flores said: 

“I would like to thank God, MVP and my team for this incredible opportunity,” said Flores. “When I heard the fight was moved to the UK, I agreed without hesitation. We Mexicans show up ready to fight anywhere, mentally and physically ready for war. Ellie Scotney is a great and tough fighter, but I am up for the challenge. 

“A win over Scotney will put me in the history books as Mexico’s first undisputed female boxer in history. I am ready to make history. I dedicate this fight to my family and all the boxing fans watching in person and at home.”