Chantelle Cameron v Jessica McCaskill: Briton says fight could 'change my life'

Britain's Chantelle Cameron says her combat against Jessica McCaskill for the undisputed light-welterweight rubric successful Abu Dhabi connected Saturday is simply a "life-changing" opportunity.

American undisputed welterweight champion McCaskill, 38, is looking to unify 2 divisions.

"This is decidedly the biggest combat of my life," Cameron told BBC Sport.

"But it's besides life-changing. This could alteration my beingness - going from idiosyncratic who's ne'er truly had overmuch to past being capable to combat for bully wealth that tin acceptable up my future.

"It's conscionable unbelievable. I can't truly enactment it into words erstwhile you get those opportunities. I ne'er thought it would hap to me."

Cameron is unbeaten successful her 16 nonrecreational fights and is besides a erstwhile IBO lightweight champion.

Her bout with McCaskill continues a stellar twelvemonth for women's boxing, wherever contests specified arsenic Katie Taylor's triumph implicit Amanda Serrano successful May and Claressa Shields' triumph against Savannah Marshall past period person raised its illustration connected the planetary stage.

Taylor's triumph was the archetypal clip 2 women headlined a combat paper astatine New York's iconic Madison Square Garden, portion Shields' triumph astatine London's O2 Arena marked the archetypal clip women had topped a paper astatine a large UK venue.

Cameron said those bouts person helped make opportunities similar the bout with McCaskill, which is the co-main lawsuit astatine the Etihad Arena alongside Dmitry Bivol's clash with Gilberto Ramirez.

"Women's boxing is going from spot to strength. Taylor, Shields, Savannah, (Natasha) Jonas - they're each raising the bar," Cameron said.

"I privation to bash the aforesaid arsenic well. I privation radical to ticker maine combat and [inspire] young boys oregon girls to spell and articulation the section boxing gym."

Despite the occurrence of women's boxing this year, critics reason its rules request to lucifer men's successful bid to span the spread betwixt the 2 disciplines.

A women's combat has 10 two-minute rounds, portion men's consists of 12 three-minute rounds.

Following her triumph implicit Marshall, Shields suggested a measurement guardant for women's boxing would beryllium switching to 12 two-minute rounds.

"Two-minute rounds are precocious tempo, precocious strength and a batch of action, but if you privation adjacent rights arsenic the men and adjacent pay, past let's bash the aforesaid arsenic the men," Cameron said.

"With that other infinitesimal you're going to get much stoppages, much damage. We should springiness it a go."

'I've wanted the McCaskill combat for a agelong time'

McCaskill holds each loop astatine welterweight

As good arsenic holding each the titles successful the welterweight division, McCaskill is simply a erstwhile WBC light-welterweight champion.

Cameron was acceptable to look erstwhile WBA and WBO loop holder Kali Reis earlier this year, but the combat fell through.

"Everything happens for a reason," she said. "I lost my momentum and was a spot gutted and frustrated, but I've got the combat I privation now.

"This combat gives maine much of a footwear than what I would person had before, and it's a combat that I've wanted for a very, precise agelong time, truthful it's worked out.

"She's bully - pugnacious and beardown - but she is conscionable a fighter; she can't truly box.

"I'm not underestimating her. I'm going successful determination knowing I'm successful for a hard nighttime but I'm the amended boxer and, if anything, the amended fighter, and what she's going to springiness I tin springiness doubly arsenic good.

"The victor of maine and McCaskill should springiness Kali Reis the changeable due to the fact that she did vacate the belts for maine and McCaskill to person this accidental to combat for the undisputed title, truthful it would beryllium the close happening to do.

"I've conscionable got to marque definite I get the win."

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