Caroline Veyre | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 October 1988 [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||
| Other names | Caro [3] | ||||||||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | Lightweight, Featherweight | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Caroline Veyre (born 4 October 1988) is a French-born Canadian professional boxer. As an amateur she won a gold medal in the women's lightweight category at the 2015 Pan American Games and competed at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.
Born in Paris, France, [4] Veyre immigrated to Canada in 2003 after visiting the country a few years earlier as her mother underwent cancer treatment in Montreal. [3]
Veyre started boxing at age 18 as a way to stay in shape and learn self-defense. [3] Fighting out of Club Boxe de l'Est in Montreal, [4] she won national titles in 2013 and 2014. [3]
At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Veyre won the gold medal in the lightweight category defeating Argentina's Dayana Sánchez by split decision in the final. [5] [6]
In 2016, Veyre suffered a shoulder injury which prevented her from qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. Upon her return, she won a silver medal at the 2017 American Boxing Confederation Continental Championships in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, losing in the final to Brazil's Beatriz Ferreira. [7]
She reached the quarter-finals at both the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in New Delhi, India, [3] and the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. [8] [9]
Veyre switched to the featherweight category for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, reaching the quarter-finals where she lost to Italy's Irma Testa by unanimous decision. [10] [11] [12]
Veyre turned professional in 2022, [13] making her pro-debut on 6 August that year with a unanimous decision win over Liliana Marisela Borquez from Mexico in a four-round contest at the Civic Complex, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. [14]
Veyre faced Licia Boudersa for the vacant WBC Silver female featherweight title at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, USA, on 26 July 2025, as part of the undercard for the Claressa Shields vs Lani Daniels undisputed female heavyweight championship fight. [15] [16] She won by unanimous decision. [17]
Veyre has a degree in translation. [3]
| 11 fights | 10 wins | 1 loss |
|---|---|---|
| By decision | 10 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Win | 10–1 |  Licia Boudersa | UD | 10 | 26 July 2025 |  Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan, USA | Won the vacant WBC Silver female featherweight title |
| 10 | Win | 9–1 | Carmen Vargas | UD | 8 | 2 February 2025 | Dort Financial Center, Flint, Michigan, USA | |
| 9 | Win | 8–1 |  Gabriela Bouvier | UD | 10 | 12 December 2024 | Dort Financial Center, Flint, Michigan, USA | Won the WBC female featherweight International title |
| 8 | Loss | 7–1 |  Joana Chavarria Lopez | UD | 10 | 21 September 2024 | Naucalpan, México | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 |  Agustina Marisa Belen Rojas | UD | 8 | 14 March 2024 |  Montreal Casino, Montreal, Ontario, Canada | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 |  Jessica Bellusci | UD | 8 | 7 October 2023 | Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Karina Travieso Chavez | UD | 8 | 7 September 2023 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Ontario, Canada | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Emma Gongora | UD | 8 | 12 May 2023 | Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Anaëlle Angerville | UD | 6 | 16 March 2023 | Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Estefania González Franco | UD | 6 | 13 January 2023 | Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Liliana Marisela Borquez | UD | 4 | 6 August 2022 | Civic Complex, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada | |
