Taylor tops Cameron in thriller to claim undisputed 140 title
Irish legend is 2nd female four-belt champion in two divisions
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Katie Taylor cemented her status as an all-time great with a career-best performance to make history.
Six months after suffering her first loss challenging undisputed women’s junior welterweight champion Chantelle Cameron, Irish national hero Taylor avenged the majority decision defeat by winning a majority decision in the rematch, a sensational action battle in the main event of a Matchroom Boxing card on DAZN on Saturday at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, the same site as their thrilling first fight on May 20.
Taylor, the reigning undisputed lightweight champion, won 98-92 and 96-94 with one judge scoring the fight 95-95 to claim all four 140-pound belts and become the second woman to become an undisputed champion in two divisions. She joins reigning undisputed middleweight champion Claressa Shields, who also did it at junior middleweight.
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