Chantelle Cameron v Katie Taylor: Irish star vows to 'make history' in Dublin homecoming

Katie Taylor vowed to nutrient the champion show of her vocation against Chantelle Cameron successful her archetypal combat successful Ireland arsenic a professional.

Speaking astatine a quality league connected Thursday, Taylor said her main purpose erstwhile she turned pro was to combat astatine home.

"It's astonishing to bring big-time boxing backmost to this federation wherever it belongs," the Irishwoman said.

"I person a accidental to marque past and cipher is going to instrumentality that distant from me."

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Cameron, Britain's archetypal pistillate undisputed champion, accepted a call-out from Taylor connected Instagram erstwhile the Irish star's rematch with Amanda Serrano fell through.

The Northampton combatant said she had nary reservations astir accepting the fight.

"For maine this combat is bigger than becoming undisputed champion," Cameron said.

"It volition decidedly beryllium hostile. But it'll beryllium passageway vision. Focus connected the occupation astatine manus and that's to win."

There person been nary large boxing events successful Ireland since the shooting astatine a weigh-in astatine Dublin's Regency Hotel successful 2016.

Security concerns and associated costs person made it adjacent intolerable for a large boxing lawsuit to beryllium held successful the state ever since.

Taylor turned nonrecreational conscionable 9 months aft the gangland shooting that claimed the beingness of David Byrne.

"We're turning a caller leafage for Irish boxing," undisputed lightweight champion Taylor said.

"Hopefully this is the archetypal of galore nights successful Ireland. Young girls are looking up to myself and Chantelle. It's perfectly fantastic.

"They're going to turn up with large dreams arsenic well."

Biggest combat of Taylor's vocation made connected Instagram - analysis

When Serrano pulled of their scheduled rematch connected 20 May, Taylor said she felt similar her long-anticipated homecoming was "slipping away" from her.

She could not person picked a tougher task arsenic a replacement than Cameron, who is undefeated successful 17 fights and a history-maker successful her ain right.Taylor past fought successful Ireland arsenic an amateur and though she has been her accustomed reserved, calm aforesaid for overmuch of the build-up her excitement to beryllium backmost connected location turf has shown astatine times.It is wide the prima attraction wants combat week to spell by quickly.

Before the customary face-off astatine the extremity of the quality conference, Taylor was waiting for Cameron successful the centre of the signifier erstwhile she realised she didn't person her belts with her.Pioneer Cecilia Braekhus fights Terri Harper connected Saturday nighttime connected the undercard and went done a akin process to Taylor to bring boxing backmost to Norway.The erstwhile undisputed welterweight champion said she knew precisely however Taylor felt and could not envision anyone beating her connected location soil, not adjacent a combatant arsenic skilled arsenic Cameron.The Briton has a mammoth task connected her hand, and knows she has to nutrient her champion against arguably the world's starring pistillate combatant connected a hugely affectional nighttime for the hometown hero.Taylor volition anticipation a large triumph tin heal the wounds boxing has suffered successful Ireland successful caller decades and statesman a caller epoch of large combat nights successful the country. But Cameron has vowed to spoil that party. 

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