The British boxer Chantelle Cameron, the undisputed world champion in the super lightweight, defeated the Irishwoman, Katie Taylor, the undisputed world champion in the lightweight.

Originally, it was supposed to be a rematch between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano to take place on May 20 in Dublin at the 3Arena. Shortly before the scheduled date, Amanda received an injury that prevented her from boxing, but Katie decided to fulfill her dream - to hold a bout in her home. In a matter of days, Matchroom Boxing found a worthy opponent - Chantelle Cameron, the holder of the WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO and The Ring welterweight titles.

Chantelle Cameron came out strong versus Katie Taylor in the first round, swarming her with punches and not giving her room to breathe. In Round 2, Taylor was more composed showing some good head movement and letting off her left hook and appeared to win the round.

Cameron was relentless in rounds 3, 4 and 5 starting every attack and finishing them. It was pressure, pressure, pressure as she walked Taylor down.

As the boutt progressed, the Irish support buoyed Katy on as the crowd punctuated every shot that she landed. She appeared to win rounds 6, 8, and possibly 10 as she took the fight to Cameron on the inside. Taylor would have benefited from following up these exchanges with much more head movement.

In the final round, the 3Arena turned into a coliseum as both gladiators bit down on their gumshields and threw everything they had left at each other.

By the time the bout ended, there was little confusion as to the victor. Everyone agreed that it was a competitive contest, but Chantelle Cameron emerged as the deserved winner as the judges ruled the contest a decision: 95-95,  96-94 and 96-94 for Cameron.

After the decision was read, Katie Taylor thanked her opponent and declared her intention to activate a rematch clause. Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing, echoed her wishes commenting, “We will be doing this bout in Dublin in Autumn – I know there will be only one thing on Katie’s mind and that’s the rematch.”

In the event of a rematch, Chantelle Cameron hinted that she would like to move down in weight to challenge for Taylor’s belts. 

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