Katie Taylor ordered to fight person she's been accused of avoiding
The score is currently 1-1 between the pair after Taylor avenged her May 2023 defeat, her only loss as a professional, to Cameron six months later to become a two-weight undisputed world champion.
Northampton native Cameron has been calling for a rematch ever since and has accused Taylor and her team of avoiding her.
'Il Capo' is the WBC interim world super-lightweight champion, a belt she has held since last July, and now the WBC have ordered Taylor to fight her.
As undisputed champion, Taylor currently holds the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring belts.
However, the 2012 Olympic champion's fighting future remains unclear and she may opt to retire following last month's victory over Amanda Serrano, with Cameron also beating Jessica Camara on the same card at Madison Square Garden.
Following her win, Taylor took aim at Cameron and insisted the English fighter didn't deserve to face her for a third time.
"I think Chantelle has to see if she can sell out a 1,000-seater arena first. I don't think she can sell out any stadium at all," she said.
"I think I made her more money than she really deserves, to be quite honest."
Cameron has since hit back at those comments, labelling Taylor 'trashy' over making them.
She told Sky Sports: "Usually she's quite respectful and she's a massive role model for the younger generation. Chantelle Cameron, Eddie Hearn and Katie Taylor. (Image: (Photo by))
"To put someone down and discredit another boxer, when you're a huge role model, she didn't really carry herself well in that press conference.
"I was quite shocked at her comments. We're trying to grow the sport, instead of talking and behaving like that.
"You're just discrediting the sport and it's not really a good image for the next generation coming through."
She added: "Women's boxing, it's a hard enough sport without talking about money and purses and who's getting paid what and 'I'm going to give you this payday'.
"You don't have to like each other, not at all.
"But to make women's boxing grow and get more people following and watching it and also the younger generation to behave in a certain way without being trashy, then we should all be supporting each other.
"Again, you don't have to like each other, but you don't have to put others down."
Even if Taylor does opt to continue fighting, she could decide to vacate the WBC belt and take on someone else, rather than face Cameron for a third time.
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