Chantelle Cameron v Katie Taylor: Predictions from professionals and pundits for undisputed fight

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Cameron v Taylor: Hearn, Bellew, Frampton, Mayer & Harper foretell their winner
Venue: 3Arena, Dublin Date: Saturday, 20 May
Coverage: Radio commentary connected BBC Radio 5 Live, unrecorded substance commentary and absorption connected BBC Sport website & app from 21:00 BST.

Ireland's lightweight champion Katie Taylor volition beryllium hoping for a homecoming to retrieve erstwhile she faces England's Chantelle Cameron astatine light-welterweight connected Saturday.

Taylor volition combat successful Ireland for the archetypal clip arsenic a nonrecreational arsenic she attempts to go a two-weight undisputed satellite champion astatine Dublin's 3Arena.

The 36-year-old is simply a London 2012 Olympic golden medallist and has won each 22 fights arsenic a professional.

Cameron is besides undefeated successful 17 nonrecreational fights but, contempt being the champion, heads into the combat arsenic the underdog.

Can the 32-year-old daze the athletics and catapult herself into boxing stardom? Or volition Taylor cement her bequest with a career-defining win?

The combat volition beryllium broadcast connected BBC Radio 5 Live from 22:00 BST, portion the BBC Sport website volition person a unrecorded substance commentary page, featuring each the build-up and undercard enactment from 21:00.

We person asked large names from the satellite of boxing for their opinions connected the large fight.

Former super-featherweight champion Mikaela Mayer: "If you had 5 dollars and you had to, I would spell with what's connected paper. I would spell connected facts, the past and I would spell with Katie Taylor to marque those adjustments and travel retired connected top. Even if it's by conscionable a small bit, which she has done respective times before. She pulls retired those wins and steals those rounds and gets that W."

Heavyweight contender Frazer Clarke: "A large fight. I'm truly looking guardant to it. People are saying Taylor is connected the descent and Chantelle has everything to prove. It's a compelling combat but, successful Ireland against Taylor who volition beryllium much than up for it, astir apt astatine her precise best, I could spot her rolling backmost the years. I'm going with Taylor connected points."

Olympic golden medallist and undefeated pro Lauren Price: "I'm truly excited for the fight. Taylor is simply a phenomenal boxer, idiosyncratic I've ever looked up to. Cameron is great, a satellite champion. She's game, tin fight, is tough. It volition beryllium a adjacent one. I can't prime a winner. If Cameron tin use the unit past she could drawback Taylor. But you can't instrumentality thing from Taylor. If it goes to points, particularly successful Ireland, she could win."

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Former satellite champion Andy Lee: "I prime Katie to win. Could beryllium a hard fight, but she's the superior boxer, has the location advantage. She gets a bully older leader, fewer rounds successful the bag, Cameron volition effort to adjacent the spread but I deliberation Katie volition win."

Irish welterweight Paddy Donovan: "Katie present successful Ireland is going to beryllium very, precise hard to beat. She's hard to bushed anyplace successful the world, but with the Irish fans, it's astir intolerable to bushed Katie.

Undefeated featherweight Karriss Artingstall: "It's a prime fight. I'm stuck connected the fence. Cameron has got what it takes to bushed her. Taylor is precise fast, she is hard to pin down and onshore shots on. She does thin to get progressive successful scraps though and I don't deliberation that's omniscient against Cameron. I conscionable don't cognize what volition happen."

Northern Ireland's two-weight satellite champion Carl Frampton: "It's a hard combat to call. Because I respect and respect some girls, and cognize them some personally, I'm not going to marque a prediction. Also, I genuinely spot it arsenic a existent 50/50. I'm conscionable hoping for a bully fight. What I volition accidental is that Taylor could person fought anybody portion waiting connected Amanda Serrano, which successful my sentiment is an easier combat than Cameron. Taylor could person had her prime of immoderate hostile and sold retired the 3Arena successful Dublin. Instead she's warring the champion miss successful the part above. That's precise brave."

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Unified light-middleweight champion Natasha Jonas: "I privation Chantelle to win. I've been mates with her since being connected Team GB and she's helped maine retired with a batch of sparring. I bash deliberation she volition triumph connected points."

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn: "I'm not picking a winner. I respect them. Chantelle Cameron is going to person to commencement this combat similar a train, and she will. She's got to prosecute with Katie Taylor, got to unit her into a war."

WBA light-middleweight champion Terri Harper: "Probably beryllium the hardest combat of Katie's career. I conscionable consciousness similar with the Irish assemblage down volition springiness her that other propulsion erstwhile it gets pugnacious successful the ring. I spot Taylor being victorious."

Former cruiserweight satellite champion Tony Bellew: "We don't cognize however bully Cameron is yet, nary 1 has defeated her. We don't cognize the ceiling for either of these fighters. The lone happening stopping maine spell each retired connected Chantelle is this stage, this arena. This is each caller to Chantelle. If she keeps cool, I deliberation she tin daze the world."

Lightweight Gary Cully: "Taylor wants each the fume and I judge she's the champion successful the world. I judge she'll travel done connected Saturday night. Gary Cully victory, Katie Taylor combat - that's each I tin spot connected Saturday night."

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