{"id":763458,"date":"2026-09-08T01:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T01:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/763458\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T01:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T01:32:09","slug":"chantelle-cameron-admits-mikaela-mayer-could-torpedo-claressa-shields-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/763458\/","title":{"rendered":"Chantelle Cameron admits Mikaela Mayer could torpedo Claressa Shields talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chantelle Cameron<\/a> is eager to secure a mega fight with Claressa Shields, but equally recognises that Mikaela Mayer could throw a spanner in the works.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old unanimously outpointed Mayer<\/a> last Saturday, becoming a unified super-welterweight champion on what she views as the greatest night of her illustrious career.<\/p>\n

But while there happens to be a rematch clause in their contract, Cameron<\/a> has nonetheless turned her attention to pound-for-pound star Shields, who called out the Brit immediately after her triumph in Birmingham.<\/p>\n

Since then, their respective teams have engaged in negotiations, yet Cameron has told Boxing News that Mayer could scupper their potential showdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is that risk [of Mayer demanding an immediate rematch] because it\u2019s obviously boxing, isn\u2019t it? If the shoe was on the other foot, I would\u2019ve had to potentially wait for her to box Claressa Shields.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Mikaela Mayer didn\u2019t win \u2013 I won, so it\u2019s winner stays on. And Claressa Shields has said she wants to fight me. [Mayer will] have the rematch, but she can wait.\u201d<\/p>\n

As far as a clash with middleweight queen Shields goes, only time will tell, but Cameron insists that, if she is to rematch Mayer, it simply must be over a scheduled 10 three-minute rounds.<\/p>\n

Even during the typical two-minute rounds, though, Cameron almost surprised herself at how convincingly she was able to defeat her American foe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it was going to be a harder fight, if I\u2019m honest. I do think some of the rounds were close but, physically, I felt like the stronger woman. I was catching her with some big shots and I think she felt my power.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was, indeed, a clear victory in favour of the Northampton woman, who ranks this triumph even higher than her majority decision win over Katie Taylor in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like it was definitely better than the Katie Taylor fight. I always knew I\u2019d beat Katie Taylor \u2013 the only thing I was questioning was beating Katie Taylor in Ireland.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, for me to turn up and beat Katie in her country \u2013 on her show \u2013 was a huge ask. And I did it. But I feel like Mikaela Mayer was a bigger challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

While she felt that Mayer was, on paper, a tougher challenge \u2013 given her height and reach advantages \u2013 Cameron ultimately rose to the occasion and produced one of her finest performances.<\/p>\n

This, she explains, is partly because Mayer\u2019s attitude at their weigh-in \u2013 where they exchanged unpleasantries \u2013 lit a fire that made her approach their contest with an added degree of tenacity.<\/p>\n

At the same time, though, the WBC, WBO and WBA champion admits that she slightly regrets her behaviour during the fight itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a bit gutted, because I generally did like Mikaela Mayer. I thought she was cool and I had a lot of respect for her.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The confrontation] definitely [elevated my performance] but I think it turned me into a bit of a dick, to be honest.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore the fight, she was sticking her tongue out at me. Then I did the same and was saying stuff to her during the fight. It was just stupid. It was entertaining for everyone else but was that sort of behaviour a good demonstration of women\u2019s boxing? I\u2019m not sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Antics aside, Cameron remains a class act and role model, having become a two-division world champion and British boxing legend.<\/p>\n

And, indeed, she will look to further enhance her legacy soon enough, whether it be in a rematch with Mayer or a dare-to-be-great encounter with Shields.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chantelle Cameron is eager to secure a mega fight with Claressa Shields, but equally recognises that Mikaela Mayer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":763459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-763458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/763459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}