chantelle cameron
'il capo'
Nation
Date of birth
may 14, 1991 (32 Years Old)
Height
5 ft 8 (173 cm)
Reach
69 in (175 cm)
Wins
18
Losses
1
Ko's
8
chantelle cameron
'il capo'
Nation
DATE OF BIRTH
may 14, 1991 (32 Years Old)
Height
5 FT 8 (173 CM)
reach
69 in (175 cm)
wins
18
Losses
1
ko's
8
Notable Opponents
Titles Won
WBC world junior welterweight
IBO world lightweight + junior welterweight
The Ring lineal junior welterweight
WBC silver lightweight + junior welterweight
IBO inter-continental super featherweight
Titles Won
WBC world junior welterweight
IBO world lightweight + junior welterweight
The Ring lineal junior welterweight
WBC silver lightweight + junior welterweight
IBO inter-continental super featherweight
Background
Chantelle Cameron had a fine career as an amateur where she fought 65 times while winning 47 bouts. The highlights of her amateur career includes decent success in the EU Championships where she won silver and bronze in seperate years, while she also did well domestically, winning the ABA Championships in 2010 and reaching the quarter-final of the AIBA World Championships in 2010.
Though she had a couple of close calls reaching the Olympics, she never officially qualified for the tournament. Noticebly, she beat future IBO world Lightweight champion Estelle Mossely three out of four times during their meetings as amateurs. At the EU Championships in the year she won bronze, she also faced and lost against the eventual winner of that tournament, future undisputed Lightweight champion Katie Taylor.
Cameron made her pro debut On May 26th in 2017.
Accomplishments
Though Chantelle Cameron debuted and fought initially as a Lightweight, her first title run came as a Super Featherweight where she netted her first title (IBO Inter-Continental) and later she won her first world title (IBO) against Viviane Obenauf as a Lightweight.
She soon moved up again to Lightweight, but seemed to find more of her footing as a Super Lightweight where she went on to amass the WBC and IBF world titles and The Ring lineal title from 2020 to 2021. In 2021, Cameron faced IBF champion Mary McGee and beat her soundly through UD to become a Super Lightweight unified champion for the first time of her career.
Cameron has maintained an unbeaten streak since her debut in 2017, and is already considered a pound-for-pounder according to The Ring’s pound-for-pound rankings for women. Despite her position on the female pound-for-pound list, her accomplishments seem fairly underrated given she faced some of the best fighters in her division and corralled in several world titles in different weight classes.
On November 5th, she was scheduled to face undisputed Welterweight champion Jessica McCaskill who decided to move down a division to challenge Cameron for her titles, while several other world titles (WBA, WBO and IBO) were also made available prior to the fight being arranged. Chantelle Cameron proved to be in her best form against McCaskill and was eventually declared the winner by unanimous decision, becoming the first female British boxer to become undisputed.
On May 20th in her next fight, Chantelle Cameron faced female boxing legend Katie Taylor in the Irishwoman’s home city of Dublin in her first defense as undisputed champion. Chantelle Cameron won the match by majority decision, handing Katie Taylor her first ever professional career loss.
A rematch between the two commenced on November 25th, resulting in Cameron’s first career loss herself as Taylor revenged her loss by majority decision. As a result, Cameron lost all her titles as Taylor dethroned her in the same venue as their previous match―3Arena.
Boxing Style
Chantelle Cameron is an orthodox fighter. Well-capable of pressuring her opponents, Cameron has excelled through mostly her physical attributes, specifically her strength and speed which she has used to overwhelm nearly all of her opponents. She has still retained her skills learned from her amateur days, and has developed them to the point that within a five-year span she has quickly become an elite combatant in multiple weight divisions.