Katie Taylor vs Chantelle Cameron, billed as ''Homecoming'', was a championship

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match contested in the

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division between undisputed

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champion Katie Taylor and undisputed light-welterweight champion

Chantelle Cameron Chantelle Cameron (born 14 May 1991) is a British professional boxer. She is a world champion in two weight classes and the current undisputed light-welterweight champion, having held the WBC title since 2020; the IBF and ''Ring'' magazine tit ...

. The bout took place on 20 May 2023 at the

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, Ireland. Cameron defeated Taylor via

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Background

On 5 February 2023, it was announced that the rematch between Katie Taylor and

Amanda Serrano Amanda Serrano (born October 9, 1988) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. As a boxer, she is the unified featherweight world champion, having held the WBO title since 2019 and the WBC and IBO ...

would take place on 20 May in

, Ireland for the undisputed

championship of the world. However on 28 February, Serrano withdrew due to an injury she had sustained during training camp with an opponent replacement announcement inbound. On 11 March it was announced that the undisputed

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champion

would replace Serrano as Taylor's opponent and they would now be fighting for the undisputed super lightweight championship at the

in Dublin, Ireland.

Fight card

References

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