Boxing Live: When Chantelle Cameron defeated Katie Taylor on Saturday night in Dublin, she passed the toughest test.
The reigning undisputed champion at 135 pounds and Olympic gold medalist Taylor was facing Northampton’s Cameron, the undisputed super-lightweight champion, who had previously held the title. Taylor was making her professional debut in Ireland.
However, Cameron handled the situation well and decisively gave Taylor her first loss as a professional.
Jamie Moore, Cameron’s head trainer, had always been sure that Cameron possessed the style to defeat Taylor or, at the least, really trouble her.
Cameron’s jab is seriously underrated, he claimed, “I don’t believe people have talked much about her distance or time; perhaps it slips under the radar and she doesn’t receive the credit for it.”
“I think people were surprised at how quickly she got into the fight,” he said. “I predicted she would [win] handily in the first round right immediately, within a minute.
“Because Katie didn’t get off to a quick start as usual, things didn’t turn out quite as I had expected. she had to conserve herself [for later in the competition] because she knew she had to.”
“Katie’s so good with her feet, her distance, and her timing,” he said. The great majority of fighters are scared to move forward and release their hands because of the manner she drops counterpunches, checks left hooks, and other moves instantaneously.
“She typically wins the fight or takes control of it mentally in the first few rounds,” said Jamie Morre.
Cameron was also qualified for this situation given his background. She wasn’t given priority, as other people may be. Even though Cameron is unblemished, she has faced challenging opponents and made improvements in little steps.
She claimed the vacant WBC 140-pound championship in 2020 and successfully defended it in Las Vegas the following year. When a Dillian Whyte bout was postponed, her unification fight at the O2 became the main event. She defeated Jessica McCaskill, the undisputed welterweight champion, to become the undisputed super-lightweight champion.
All of these situations helped Cameron be ready to engage in the toughest battle of her life.
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