Absolute world champion in super lightweight Shantel Cameron (18-0, 8 KOs) rose to second place in the ranking of the best female boxers in the world without being divided into weight categories by The Ring magazine.
Katie Taylor And Shantel Cameron passed the official weigh-in procedure, successfully meeting the super lightweight limit. The result of Taylor and Cameron was the same and amounted to 139.7 pounds (63.36 kg). Thus, the last obstacle was removed on the eve of the fight for the title of absolute champion tomorrow, May 20, in Dublin, Ireland.
On the coming Saturday Kathy Taylor (22-0, 6 KOs) and Shantel Cameron (17-0, 8 KOs) will fight for the WBA, WBO, WBC and IBF super lightweight titles in Dublin. The boxer from Ireland will try to win the status of the absolute champion in her second weight category in this fight. The evening will be broadcast on the DAZN platform.
May 20 in Dublin Katie Taylor (22-0, 6 KOs) and Shantel Cameron (17-0, 8 KOs) will fight for the WBA, WBO, WBC and IBF super lightweight titles. On the eve of this event, Matchroom Boxing released a 20-minute documentary film "Make The Days Count" in support of the fight. Irish Taylor in the upcoming fight will try to win the status of the absolute champion in her second weight category. Taylor currently holds four lightweight belts, but those titles will not be at stake against Cameron.
On June 17 in London, a rematch between Chris Eubank Jr. (32-3, 23 KOs) and Liam Smith (33-3-1, 20 KOs). The contract for the first fight contained a rematch clause, which was officially activated in February. The date and venue of the fight will be officially confirmed at a press conference on Tuesday. In January, Smith knocked out Eubank in the fourth round.
Former World Champion Michaela Mayer (17-1, 5 KOs) made a successful lightweight debut against late replacement Lucy Wildhart (10-1, 4 KOs), winning by unanimous decision on the undercard on Saturday night Joyce-Zhilei in London. Judges' scores are 98-92, 100-90 and 98-91. Thus, Mayer won the interim WBC title at 61 kg and became the mandatory contender for Katie Taylor.
On Saturday at a boxing evening in London, the fight of the unified ex-world champion in the second featherweight is at stake Mikaela Mayer (17-1, 5 KOs) and Cristina Linardatu (14-2, 6 KOs) will have an interim WBC lightweight title. The difference in height between them is 12 cm, and this was especially noticeable at the press conference before their meeting for a duel of views.
On June 10, Matchroom Boxing will take place in London, during which two fights for the title of world champion will take place. Boxing fans will see the IBF super bantamweight champion in action Cherneku Johnson (15-1, 6 KOs) from New Zealand, who will meet with Ellie Scotney (6-0, 0 KOs). This fight was supposed to take place on May 20 in Dublin, but for organizational reasons, the fight was removed from the tournament.
On June 3, Detroit will host a rematch between Claressa Shields (13-0, 2 KOs) and Hannah Gabriels (21-2-1, 12 KOs). The IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO middleweight titles will be at stake in the fight.
Jose Ramirez (28-1, 18 KOs) knocked out in the eleventh round Richard Commey (30-5-1, 27 KOs) in the main event of the evening in Fresno. By the time the fight was stopped, Ramirez was leading in points.
