{"id":46189,"date":"2025-08-05T04:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T04:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/46189\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T04:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T04:11:08","slug":"holly-holm-could-earn-boxing-world-title-shot-if-katie-taylor-continues-to-duck-long-awaited-trilogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/46189\/","title":{"rendered":"Holly Holm could earn boxing world title shot if Katie Taylor continues to ‘duck’ long-awaited trilogy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UFC legend Holly Holm could be heading back into a world title fight after just one boxing match in 12 years.<\/p>\n

Iconic former UFC champion Holm is already a boxing Hall of Famer, but made the switch to MMA in 2013 where she ended up dethroning Ronda Rousey<\/a>. Now, she is back in the ring where she impressed with a win over the unbeaten Yolanda Vega<\/a> on the undercard of Jake Paul vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Chantelle Cameron has established herself as the WBC interim champion at super-lightweight, making her the mandatory challenger for Katie Taylor<\/a>. And if the Irishwoman decides against settling that trilogy, the Brit wants Holm to fight her for the vacant world championship.<\/p>\n

Chantelle Cameron explains Katie Taylor will have \u2018ducked\u2019 trilogy with one move<\/p>\n

Back in 2023, when the initial rematch between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano<\/a> was cancelled, Chantelle Cameron took her chance with both hands. She headed to Dublin and defeated the Irishwoman in her massive 3Arena homecoming, winning undisputed super-lightweight gold.<\/p>\n

They rematched the following November, with Taylor winning a razor-close Majority Decision which would have gone the other way had a knockdown been scored in round one. However, the third fight never materialized, and after winning another two against Serrano, it seems the Bray native may retire.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want the chance for redemption for my belts like I gave her,\u201d Cameron explained to Bloody Elbow in an exclusive chat. \u201cShe beat me, she got a chance at redemption, she came out successful and then as soon as it was my turn she decided that she wanted to fight her mandatory.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me, now I just take it as a compliment because Katie and her team clearly know I\u2019m a threat and I\u2019m very capable of beating her again. If the trilogy happens, amazing, but if it doesn\u2019t I can walk away with my head held high.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf she fights again and it\u2019s not me, then she has ducked me. But if she retires, then fair play because what she has done for women\u2019s boxing is amazing. She\u2019s a great athlete with the whole of Ireland behind her.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut facts are facts, if she takes another mandatory fight or some easy fight, then she has ducked me. What she\u2019s achieved in the sport is remarkable but I wonder is she ready to retire? I don\u2019t think she is, she performed really well [against Serrano], she brought back the old Katie Taylor.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s good on her feet, done exactly what she had to do to win and I just don\u2019t know if she is genuinely ready to retire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chantelle Cameron wants Holly Holm if Katie Taylor trilogy can\u2019t be made<\/p>\n

Should Taylor opt against fighting Cameron for any reason, she already has a superstar name ready for her vacant title fight; Holly Holm<\/a>. The UFC legend is back in the ring, and looked tremendous against the world-ranked Vega last time out.<\/p>\n

Holm is signed to Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian\u2019s Most Valuable Promotions, as is Cameron with the company scooping up almost all of the best talent in women\u2019s boxing.<\/p>\n

\"HollyHolly Holm won her fight in dominant fashion. Credit: Esther Lin\/Most Valuable Promotions<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is in an email that either Katie fights me or she vacates and I personally think she probably vacates,\u201d Cameron continued. \u201cSo if she does that then the title will be up for grabs and I would love to share the ring with Holly Holm, I think that would be a great fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it happens it would be amazing because I have so much respect for Holly. She\u2019s a legend in UFC, a very good boxer, she\u2019s come back into boxing and I want to have a career where I boxed these kind of people with these kind of names and what an honour it would be to share the ring with Holly Holm.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to have those fights that get you up for it and get you excited and she is a real threat. She will make me get my miles in and push myself in the gym.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC legend Holly Holm could be heading back into a world title fight after just one boxing match…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,13039,32287,5277,8808,32288,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-46189","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-chantelle-cameron","12":"tag-holly-holm","13":"tag-jake-paul","14":"tag-katie-taylor","15":"tag-nakisa-bidarian","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46189","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=46189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}