Chantelle Cameron drops biggest hint yet at Katie Taylor trilogy with pointed message on Instagram amid war of words
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Chantelle Cameron retained the interim WBC super lightweight championship against Jessica Camara
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She has offered a big hint at a trilogy against Katie Taylor
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It set her up for a potential trilogy bout against
And on
She said: "Little break almost coming to an end. Ready for my shot at the 140 world title"
The rivalry between the two has stepped up a notch since Taylor's win over Serrano last month.
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They have fought twice before, both at the 3Arena in
Dublin
, with Cameron handing the Bray woman her first professional defeat.
Taylor responded in style by avenging that loss just six months later, in November 2023, to become
However, a trilogy does not appear to be on KT's mind, as she illustrated with her
In the post-fight press conference after her win over Serrano, she remarked: "I think Chantelle has to see if she can sell-out a 10,000-seater arena first.
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"I don't think she can sell out any stadium at all.
"I think I made her more
money
than she deserves, to be quite honest."
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The 34-year-old said: "@katie_t86 be disrespectful all you want. But you shouted me out for YOUR HOMECOMING and I gave you your first loss with zero controversy.
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"Dragging me back & having to headbut & hug the life out of me to win the rematch.
"Now full of any excuses not to fight".
She followed this up with a screenshot of an Instagram post from Taylor in which the Bray Bomber called her nemesis out for their first encounter.
She said: "Don't forget @katie_t86 who called who out...but now I'm not "not worthy" enough & done me a "favour"??
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"Stay humble Katie, the @mostvaluablepromotions money is going to your head.
"Don't forget @katie_t86 who called who out and you wanted me for your homecoming-I accepted. So you done me no favour I ruined your party.
"Stay humble this money is going to your head that @mostvaluablepromotions @jakepaul @nakisabidarian are paying you".
'DISCREDITING THE SPORT'
And the
Sky
Sports.
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She said: "Usually she's quite respectful and she's a massive role model for the younger generation.
"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."
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She continued: "It's 1-1, it's one apiece. I won the first fight pretty convincingly. The second fight with Katie, there was a dispute.
"When she beat me, she said it was the performance of a lifetime, but in all honesty, it was a scrappy fight and there was a lot of cuddling that wasn't
boxing
.
"If you want to give yourself praise for a performance like that, then maybe she shouldn't box me again.
"If that's how she wants to beat me, that's fair enough. But she can't say she's a better boxer than me. I take it as a compliment. She's scared to fight me.
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"
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."
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