Katie Taylor: Irish star will bid to become two-weight world champion against Chantelle Cameron

Chantelle Cameron bushed Jessica McCaskill successful November to go the UK's archetypal undisputed pistillate satellite boxing champion

Ireland's Katie Taylor volition bid to go a two-weight satellite champion erstwhile she takes connected England's Chantelle Cameron successful Dublin connected 20 May.

The Dubliner challenged Cameron to the combat connected Instagram earlier this month.

She said she would beryllium "happy to determination up successful weight" and has present got her wish.

Taylor, the undisputed lightweight champion, was acceptable to look Amanda Serrano successful a satellite rubric rematch connected 20 May but the Puerto Rican pulled retired due to the fact that of injury.

Taylor, 36, bushed Serrano connected points to clasp her undisputed lightweight rubric successful New York past May, with the brace making past successful the archetypal pistillate contention to apical the paper astatine Madison Square Garden.

The long-awaited homecoming combat for the Bray autochthonal had looked similar it could instrumentality spot astatine Croke Park, the GAA's headquarters, earlier information outgo issues led promoter Eddie Hearn to alternatively plump for the 3Arena successful the Irish capital.

"Once Serrano pulled retired this was the earthy combat to make," said Taylor.

"It's 2 undefeated, reigning undisputed satellite champions going up against each different and I judge that's the archetypal clip that's ever happened successful the modern epoch of the sport.

"People person been talking astir this combat for a agelong clip present truthful I'm delighted it's happening and I'm looking guardant to becoming a two-weight undisputed champion."

Cameron has won each 17 of her nonrecreational bouts and became the UK's archetypal undisputed pistillate champion aft beating Jessica McCaskill by unanimous determination successful the light-welterweight contention successful November.

"It feels surreal that the combat is really happening," Cameron said.

"It feels similar my full nonrecreational vocation has been based astir this combat and I ne'er imagined it would really hap for 1 crushed oregon another.

"I'm nary alien to boxing distant from location present and to beryllium going into Katie's backyard for her homecoming is massive. I'm gladsome to beryllium a portion of past again similar I was successful Abu Dhabi. I cognize what I volition beryllium up against and that I americium the underdog but I relish that."

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