Light-heavyweight Liam Cameron shares before-after image on X
Former Commonwealth middleweight champion Liam ‘Cannonball’ Cameron (23-6, 10KO) proudly shared a before and after image on social media after dropping over six stone in weight!
The 33-year-old from Sheffield posted the image accompanied with the following statement:
“One year transformation. No alcohol, 39kg weight loss, five fights boxing on TV, WBA International light-heavyweight challenger…
“Moral of story, I’m more happy on the left.”
Last month, in June, Cameron was able to push former IBO World light-heavyweight champion Lyndon Arthur all the way to a 10-round split decision, live on Channel 5.
Liam was awarded the winning score of 95-93 from experienced official Steve Gray at ringside, who has officiated over 500 contests over the past 20 years. However, the other two judges scored it the other way to Arthur.
The points defeat saw an end to Cameron’s winning streak. He had won three on the spin since his dramatic comeback in October last year.
In 2017, Cameron won the Commonwealth title on his second time of asking against the awkward Sam Sheedy. He defended it successfully to Brighton’s Nicky Jenman in 2018, but later failed a drug test, changing the TKO2 victory to a No Contest.
He was found with traces of cocaine in his urine, which he attributed to handling thousands of pounds of cash from ticket sales.
Although he protested his innocence, even flying abroad to testify in a hearing, he was still handed a lengthy four-year ban from UKAD.
He could have pleaded guilty for a lesser 16 months ban, but refused to admit to the offence that now carries just a three-month sentence.
Boxing since the age of eight, Cameron became lost without the sport and began drinking daily, once ending up in hospital after an overdose. Then, his stepdaughter, Tiegen, was tragically killed in a road accident and he spiralled deep into depression and gained weight, but he vowed to come back in her memory.
Which he did valiantly, with three straight wins in eight months after over four years out. He began with a points win over Robbie Chapman in October, followed by two first-round knockouts in February and March, then culminated in headlining the Channel 5 show against Arthur.
Despite taking his first loss in almost eight years, Cameron put on a performance to be proud of and should hopefully be rewarded with some more big fights in the near future.