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England's erstwhile satellite champion Chantelle Cameron says she is gearing up to combat the victor of adjacent month's bout betwixt Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano.
Ireland's Taylor takes connected Puerto Rican Serrano connected 15 November successful a rematch of their 2022 lightweight classic, this clip astatine light-welterweight for the undisputed title.
Cameron, 33, is the erstwhile proprietor of those belts and volition support her presumption arsenic WBC interim champion connected Saturday against Patricia Berghult.
"Whoever wins retired of Serrano and Taylor, I volition beryllium successful a presumption wherever they'll request to combat maine due to the fact that I'm mandatory [challenger to the WBC title]," Cameron told BBC Radio Northampton.
Berghult, 30, is simply a erstwhile satellite champion astatine light-middleweight and volition beryllium Cameron's 2nd combat since suffering the archetypal loss of her vocation to Taylor astir a twelvemonth ago.
That triumph by Taylor avenged the lone decision of her vocation and speaking to BBC Sport connected Tuesday she did not regularisation retired a trilogy bout with Cameron, who won the archetypal contention successful May 2023.
Cameron has made sweeping changes since past year's points defeat, switching coaches and joining a caller promotional team, Frank Warren's Queensberry.
Her debut with Warren was a majority points triumph implicit Elhem Mekhaled past July contempt Cameron saying she had a "sinus and thorax infection" the week of the fight.
Despite the wellness issues, Cameron threw a monolithic 864 punches during the contention with a combined 194 punches thrown betwixt her and Mekhaled successful the last round.
"I was feeling rotten during the week," she said.
"I privation I was 100% due to the fact that it did impact my performance."
"[Berghult's] a erstwhile satellite champion astatine the value above. I faced her successful the amateurs years and years back. It's going to beryllium an entertaining combat but arsenic agelong arsenic I bash what I bash best, I volition win."
Northampton combatant Cameron says she is solely focussed connected regaining the belts she mislaid to Taylor.
"If I don't win, I won't spot the belts again. I've got loads of religion successful [Queensberry] to hunt them down," Cameron said.
"When it comes to warring for those satellite titles again, I americium going to get them backmost due to the fact that I volition beryllium improved and better.
"I was undisputed earlier and with these improvements I cognize I volition beryllium undisputed again."
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