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CHANTELLE CAMERON HAS called for a third fight against Katie Taylor and claimed “everything” was against her in defeat last month at the 3Arena.
Taylor claimed redemption with a majority decision victory over Cameron in Dublin on 25 November, to become undisputed light-welterweight champion.
The Bray fighter, in the process, avenged the first professional defeat of her career and now holds the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO light-welterweight belts – which Cameron wants back.
“It wasn’t just me and Katie in that ring. If it was, I’d take the loss and say the better women won on the night,” the 32-year-old told BBC Northampton.
“I had everything against me. The ref on the night . . . it was such a high status fight, why would you put in a referee that no-one had heard of.
“That’s not my job, it’s my job to fight. I don’t look into who’s reffing, who’s judging. I’m just frustrated – if I could turn back the hands of time, I would make sure that was all looked into. I’ve learnt my lesson.”
Cameron has yet to watch the fight again because she is angry at what she describes as “a lot of stuff going on outside the ring” which contributed to her loss.
“It’s not the time to watch it back at the minute because it will just make me more and more angry, so for the time being, I’m just going to let it settle a bit,” she said.
“I want the trilogy, it doesn’t matter where it is. She’s the champion now and I’ve just got to do what I’ve got to do to make sure it happens, and I’ll accept anything. I want that fight and I want my belts back.
“I need to get a belt so I can bring it back to Northampton and fight in front of my home town, my friends, my family, a homecoming.
“I’ll get a belt back. I’ve got the champion mindset. I don’t think it was a fair match, the belts were snatched off me by not just Katie, there was a lot of stuff going on outside the ring.
“I’m determined now to kind of fight everyone, I feel it’s me against the world now.”
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Hardly sour grapes?
Sounds like sour grapes.
I don’t know how she’s disappointed with the referee with the amount of elbows she got away with.
@Seanie: Elbows, forearms, head butts
‘I’m going to walk through her, I know what to expect now. There’s no way Katie can beat me, I wasn’t even at my best the last time’
Typical brash Brit prior to the fight and crybaby after
@Horsebox: she says it was everything outside the ring and then makes this statement. She hasn’t watched the fight back either. Embarrassing.
Wow what an incredibly sore loser. Well done Katie. You won it fair and square.
Setting up the call for another rematch ( payout).
Jesus, you lost. Get over it. A professional doesn’t pay any attention to what goes on outside the ring.
To be fair tho..its 1-1..there needs to be a settler
What a gowl
She is right …It was unfair. It was like Mike Tyson Vrs a blind , disabled girl.
She should bow out with some grace.
Katie has gotten a free ride most of her career
@Murray peter: off your mother
@Michael Fielding: or his father?
LOL
She lost fairly and now obviously poorly..Katie came back with better tactical nous and negated Cameron’s best asset by just tying her up when in close…people say holding too much but was an obvious tactical planned going into the fight. Cameron was flustered by this and couldn’t or didn’t know how to respond..lost the head,her composure and ultimately the fight….
This complaining would annoy you and near cause to refuse her another fight
She got away with murder during that fight.
The red was on her side.
Sore loser and well beaten by Katie
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