Chantelle Cameron beats Jessica McCaskill to become the undisputed light-welterweight champion

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Chantelle Cameron warring  Jessica McCaskillChantelle Cameron is unbeaten successful 17 fights

Briton Chantelle Cameron became the UK's archetypal undisputed pistillate champion aft beating Jessica McCaskill by unanimous determination successful Abu Dhabi.

Cameron made casual enactment of American McCaskill astatine Etihad Arena to go the undisputed light-welterweight champion.

All 3 judges ruled successful the Briton's favour with 2 cards showing 96-94 and 1 97-93.

"I've got religion successful my squad truthful I knew I'd get the win," Cameron, 31, told Dazn.

"I knew I was the amended boxer but it's hard not to get into a scrap."

Barrett falls short

Earlier, chap Briton Zelfa Barrett didn't bask the aforesaid occurrence successful his effort to triumph the vacant IBF super-featherweight rubric earlier successful the night, losing via a method knockout against Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov successful circular nine.

Barrett, 29, made a agleam commencement and helium dropped Rakhimov successful circular 4 with an uppercut but his precocious output proved to beryllium his downfall arsenic the contention entered the second stages.

Tajikistan's Rakhimov, 28, became the archetypal idiosyncratic to triumph a boxing satellite rubric successful the emirate arsenic Barrett started to tyre and the gaps began to unfastened up.

Victory was sealed successful the ninth circular erstwhile Barrett was incapable to enactment immoderate value connected his close limb and Rakhimov went connected the attack.

The country of Manchester's Barrett were primed to propulsion successful the towel erstwhile helium deed the canvas for a 2nd clip but referee Mark Nelson stepped successful to question disconnected the contest.

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