Chantelle Cameron (proper) lands proper hand on Elhem Mekhaled of their July 20 interim WBC 140-pound title struggle in Birmingham, England. Photograph credit score: Getty Photos
Chantelle Cameron is again within the sights of her outdated rival.
The previous undisputed 140-pound champion gained the interim WBC title after a majority choice victory over Elhem Mekhaled. Their surprisingly scored ten-rounder noticed one card at 95-95, overruled by scores of 99-92 and 98-92 for Cameron.
With the win, Cameron (19-1, 8 knockouts) is again in place to problem Eire’s Katie Taylor (23-1, 6 KOs) subsequent 12 months.
The entertaining affair noticed Cameron pressure a livid tempo and stay at that degree for all ten rounds. The 33-year-old Brit was credited with throwing 864punches in simply 20 minutes of motion.
Mekhaled (17-3, 3 KOs) was not with out her moments, significantly late within the struggle. She stood her floor after Cameron briefly surprised her in spherical 4. A two-way change ensured in heart ring, a pivotal second for Mekhaled who’s a profession 130-pounder. They mixed to land 43 punches, every setting fight-high marks within the all-action body.
Cameron shortly regained management in spherical 5 and relied on pure boxing expertise and quantity punching to outwork Mekhaled.
Mekhaled surged late however nonetheless struggled to maintain tempo with the tireless Cameron. It arrange a high-octane tenth and remaining spherical, the place the 2 threw a mixed 194 punches.
The loss was Mekhaled’s second in her previous 4 fights. She dropped a choice to Alycia Baumgardner (15-1, 7 KOs) of their undisputed 130-pound championship final Feb. 4 in New York Metropolis.
Cameron fought for the primary time since her slender defeat to Taylor of their rematch final Nov. 25 at 3Arena in Dublin, Eire. It ended her undisputed championship reign, a run which included a win over Taylor on the street at that very same venue final Could.
Taylor and Cameron are accountable for the opposite’s lone profession loss. Saturday’s struggle can pressure a trilogy, relying on the result of Taylor’s deliberate rematch with Amanda Serrano (46-2-1, 30 KOs) in November.
Cameron-Mekhaled aired reside on ESPN+ within the U.S. and TNT Sports activities within the U.Okay. The bout was a part of Queensberry Promotions’ newest installment of its ‘Magnificent 7’ collection.
The present’s headliner noticed Brad Pauls cease unbeaten Nathan Heaney within the twelfth and remaining spherical of their middleweight rematch.
Pauls (19-1-1, 11 KOs) and Heaney (18-1-1, 5 KOs) fought to a spirited twelve-round draw on March 16. The sequel wasn’t fairly as aggressive, as Pauls instantly jumped on his countryman and twice despatched him to the canvas.
The struggle ending sequence noticed Pauls pummel Heaney with a collection of proper fingers. A remaining left hook and overhand proper despatched Heaney crashing into the ropes. Referee Michael Alexander counted him out at 0:53 of the twelfth spherical.
