Caroline Veyre

Caroline Veyre (born October 4, 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.

Caroline Veyre
Born	(1988-10-04) 4 October 1988 (age 36)[1] Paris, France[2]
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 Women's amateur boxing Representing  Canada Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Lightweight

Early life

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]

Amateur career

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]

Professional career

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]

Personal life

Veyre has a degree in translation.^[3]

Professional boxing record

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 Mar 2023	Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada
2	Win	2–0	Estefania González Franco	UD	6	13 Jan 2023	Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada
1	Win	1–0	Liliana Marisela Borquez	UD	4	6 Aug 2022	Civic Complex, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada