Marie-Eve Dicaire

Marie-Ève Dicaire (born July 29, 1986) is a Canadian former professional boxer who is a two-time IBF female super-welterweight World champion having held the title from December 2018 to March 2021 and from December 2021 to November 2022.

Biography

Dicaire was a standout karate practitioner, winning a Canadian championship at 11 and a world championship at 18, before turning to boxing where she excelled as an amateur claiming Quebec and Canadian championships in 2013 before turning professional in 2015.

She defeated Marisa Gabriela Núñez from Argentina by majority decision to claim the vacant NABF female super-welterweight title at the Montreal Casino in Montreal, Canada on February 15, 2018.

Dicaire beat Uruguayan Chris Namús for the IBF female super-welterweight World title on December 1, 2018, at the Videotron Center in Quebec City, Canada, winning by unanimous decision.

She successfully defended her title three times before facing fellow undefeated boxer and WBC and WBO super-welterweight champion Claressa Shields on March 5, 2021. The vacant WBA belt was also on the line. Shields won the contest in Flint, Michigan, USA, by unanimous decision.

After Shields vacated the IBF title, Dicaire regained it by knocking out the previously unbeaten Cynthia Lozano in the seventh-round at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada, on 17 December 2021.

On 12 November 2022, she once again attempted to become a unified World champion by facing WBC and WBO title holder Natasha Jonas in Manchester, England. Jonas won by unanimous decision.

Dicaire announced her retirement from boxing in March 2023.