{"id":702,"date":"2021-05-21T16:17:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T16:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/?p=702"},"modified":"2021-05-21T16:17:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T16:17:01","slug":"cameron-i-like-having-a-target-on-my-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/?p=702","title":{"rendered":"CAMERON: I LIKE HAVING A TARGET ON MY BACK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
WBC ruler believes World title status will bring the spotlight fights she wants<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Chantelle Cameron<\/strong>\u00a0is itching to make the first defense of her WBC World Light-Welterweight title against\u00a0Michelle Hernandez<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 and wants to show she will relish being a World ruler on Saturday May 29 at the Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada, live worldwide on DAZN.

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Cameron (13-0 7 KOs) landed the vacant WBC strap with a shut-out win over Ariana dos Santos Araujo in Milton Keynes, England in October, but her first defense against Hernandez (23-7-3 7 KOs) proposed for March had to be postponed through an injury to the Briton.
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The pair now get it on in front of fans in Las Vegas, and that\u2019s exactly the type of stage that the 30 year old wants to be spotlighted on, and for Cameron, holding the green and gold belt means other fighters are calling her out \u2013 and that\u2019s a position she\u2019s delighted to be in.
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\u201cI feel good being the target,\u201d said\u00a0Cameron<\/strong>. “It\u2019s better than doing the chasing, that\u2019s frustrating, you are just trying to get the fights and a title shot, so now I know I am going to get fights because people want my belt.
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\u201cBeing World champion has not really sunk in yet, and nothing has changed because it\u2019s been so long since I won the fight, and I haven\u2019t been able to defend it yet. So, I don\u2019t think it\u2019ll really feel it will sink in until I win more belts, but I still feel the same, still have the same drive, the same hunger, and now I am a target. I used to have to chase people for fights but now I have the green and gold belt, I am the target.
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\u201cThe best of me is yet to come, the fight hasn\u2019t come where I get to show that. I boxed to my game plan to win the belt and did what I had to do and what my coaches told me. She is a big puncher so I knew I didn\u2019t want to be taking risks and getting involved with someone that could put me on my backside. When I do get the fight that shows what I can really do, I think people will acknowledge me more.
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\u201cEveryone is so desperate to stay undefeated, but this is a sport, we all have to climb the ladder and if you are that good, then boxing anyone – that\u2019s my mentality. If I become undisputed and someone is calling me out and they\u2019ve proved themselves, let\u2019s take the fight.\u201d
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Cameron\u2019s clash with Hernandez is part of a huge night of action in Sin City, topped by unbeaten WBC World Lightweight champion\u00a0Devin Haney<\/strong>\u00a0(25-0 15 KOs) defending his title against former World ruler\u00a0Jorge Linares<\/strong>\u00a0(47-5 29 KOs).
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There\u2019s a fascinating battle between two Golden Boy Promotions stablemates as\u00a0Jason Quigley<\/strong>\u00a0(18-1 14 KOs) and\u00a0Shane Mosley Jr\u00a0<\/strong>(17-3 10 KOs)\u00a0go toe-to-toe for the WBO NABO Middleweight title and it\u2019s a huge night for\u00a0Martin J. Ward<\/strong>\u00a0(24-1-2 11 KOs) as he faces\u00a0Azinga Fuzile<\/strong>\u00a0(14-1 8 KOs) in a final eliminator for the IBF World Super-Featherweight title.
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There\u2019s a professional debut on the card for Eddie Hearn\u2019s latest American signing,\u00a0Khalil Coe<\/strong>,\u00a0Reshat Mati<\/strong>\u00a0(9-0 7 KOs) enters double figures in the pro game on the night,\u00a0Ramla Ali<\/strong>\u00a0(2-0) has been impressive in her two fights since turning pro in October and the first pro female fighter from Somalia gets an introduction to American fight fans on the bill, a card that is rounded off by Devin Haney Promotions\u2019\u00a0Darren Cunningham<\/strong>\u00a0(13-0 7 KOs) continuing his pro rise.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WBC ruler believes World title status will bring the spotlight fights she wants Chantelle Cameron\u00a0is itching to make the first<\/p>\n

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