Katie Taylor vs Chantelle Cameron undisputed fight preview
Irish heroine Katie Taylor (22-0, 6KO) gets her dream homecoming show at the 3Arena in Dublin against Brit Chantelle Cameron (17-0, 8KO) on May 20, live on DAZN.
36-year-old Taylor said this has all the makings of another epic fight and Cameron has declared this is a bigger fight than when she became undisputed champion.
So both boxers are treating this as the biggest fight of their careers, so they will be primed to give this their absolute everything on fight night.
Undisputed super-lightweight champion Cameron is big, strong, physical and imposing, she can’t be bullied. She can box on the outside or fight fire with fire when she needs to.
The 32-year-old from Northampton will have the size, height and reach advantage over Taylor, being a natural super-lightweight, but the Olympic gold medallist has the deeper background in boxing.
Undisputed lightweight champion Taylor has done and won it all, in amateur and pro. She has a very high boxing ability and is coming into the fight off a career-best performance against Amanda Serrano.
Bray boxer Taylor has been sent into the trenches more than once and emerged over the top each time. Her quality of opponents have been far greater than Cameron’s and she has the vaster experience and pedigree.
Cameron will do best by keeping the fight at a distance where she can use her bigger reach to land from the outside and to gamble with big shots as KT comes in.
Taylor is so experienced and skilled and so used to the big occasions that she should be able to get inside of Cameron to do her best work and force a high pace that her counterpart may not be as used to or comfortable with.
Prediction
It’s a long-awaited homecoming for Irish hero Taylor, just 20 miles from her Bray home, so for Cameron to win she will have to either score a knockout or a wide shutout performance where she wins 8-10 rounds.
A-side Taylor will be ahead from the first bell, regardless of what Cameron does, so it’s down to Cameron to win the fight and Taylor not to lose.
The English boxer will have all the size advantages, but every other benefit will be in Taylor’s corner. Every punch that lands will be registered by the crowd.
Katie Taylor’s superior experience, pedigree, ring IQ and quality should see her win a close contest on points.
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