Cameron beats Mayer to become unified light-middleweight champion

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Cameron beats Mayer to become unified light-middleweight champion

BBC Sport · 3 hours ago

Chantelle Cameron delivered one of the finest performances of her career to defeat American Mikaela Mayer by unanimous decision, adding the WBA and WBC light-middleweight titles to her existing WBO belt in Nottingham. The victory, which sparked a heated post-fight exchange after Mayer disputed the scorecards and claimed home advantage had favoured Cameron, keeps the British fighter unbeaten since her rematch with Katie Taylor in 2023 and marks her biggest win in three years.

Judges scored the closely fought contest 97-93, 97-93 and 96-94 in Cameron's favour, with the champion's relentless pressure gradually breaking down the usually adaptable Mayer, who was bleeding and tiring by the sixth round. The defeat, only the third of Mayer's 25-fight career, costs her the WBA and WBC belts, while talk of a rematch emerged amid the fighters' heated exchange. The bout headlined an MVP-promoted card marking the promotion's fifth anniversary, though a smaller-than-expected crowd reflected the event being somewhat overshadowed by the Moses Itauma-Filip Hrgovic heavyweight title fight.

  • Chantelle Cameron beat Mikaela Mayer by unanimous decision in Nottingham.
  • Cameron becomes unified WBA, WBC and WBO light-middleweight champion.
  • Mayer disputed the result; a rematch was floated amid tense exchanges.

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