{"id":252479,"date":"2025-10-31T14:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/252479\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T14:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:39:07","slug":"chantelle-cameron-vacates-wbc-title-in-support-of-equality-in-womens-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/252479\/","title":{"rendered":"Chantelle Cameron vacates WBC title in support of equality in women\u2019s boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Most Valuable Promotions has officially announced this morning the women\u2019s WBC interim super lightweight world champion Chantelle Cameron has opted to vacate her title in order to show her commitment to advancing equality in women\u2019s boxing, specifically as it pertains to women fighting under the same rules as men which includes three-minute rounds for title fights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWomen\u2019s boxing has come a long way, but there\u2019s still progress to be made,\u201d said Chantelle Cameron. \u201cI\u2019ve always believed in equality, and that includes the choice to fight equal rounds, equal opportunities, and equal respect. I\u2019m proud of my accomplishment in becoming a WBC champion, but it\u2019s time to take a stand for what\u2019s right and for the future of the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cameron (21-1, 8 KOs) is most recently coming off of a unanimous decision win over Jessica Camara in July and is said by her promoters to still be pursuing championship opportunities while she maintains the choice to fight in three-minute contests and is expected to make her return early in the coming year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most Valuable Promotions has officially announced this morning the women\u2019s WBC interim super lightweight world champion Chantelle Cameron&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,711,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-252479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-boxing-news","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}