Katie Taylor becomes undisputed light-welterweight champion

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Katie Taylor claimed redemption with a majority decision victory over Chantelle Cameron in Dublin to become undisputed light-welterweight champion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Taylor and Cameron produced a classic at 3Arena with both boxers trading blows throughout a gruelling 10-round contest that was scored 95-95&comma; 98-92 and 96-94 by the judges&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cameron had dominated their previous meeting in May and was widely tipped to get the better of the Irish great again&comma; but it was a different fight as the home favourite promised<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Early success for Taylor proved crucial and a cut on Cameron’s left head from a clash of heads in round three contributed to a bruising encounter that went the way of the challenger&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It resulted in Taylor avenging the first professional defeat of her career and means she now holds the WBC&comma; WBA&comma; IBF and WBO light-welterweight belts to firmly silence any talk of retirement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;180980" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-180980" style&equals;"width&colon; 635px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;11&sol;D1B2024A-2CDB-4647-8335-6DA05E84084C&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"635" height&equals;"418" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-180980" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-180980" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">It was a bruising fight<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Two-weight world champion&quest; That sounds very nice&comma;” Taylor told DAZN&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That was the longest six months of my life waiting for this rematch&period; All I was ever thinking about was the rematch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am so glad I got to do it with my home crowd and this is my real homecoming tonight&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Whoever wrote me off obviously don’t know me very well&period; Don’t ever doubt me&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Taylor was in uncharted territory for this bout give she was an outsider with the bookmakers and first to make her walk to the ring&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There was no lengthy ring walk like for the Irish boxers’ homecoming in May&comma; but the sold-out arena was left stunned when the 37-year-old dropped to the canvas in round one&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was deemed a slip by referee Roberto Ramirez despite Cameron appearing to catch Taylor with a left jab&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Taylor had made a slow start in their last meeting&comma; but responded brilliantly in round two with a slick combination raising the decibel levels again&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Olympic champion produced another strong round immediately after and&comma; significantly&comma; a clash of heads between the fighters opened up a cut on Cameron’s left forehead&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;180981" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-180981" style&equals;"width&colon; 604px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;11&sol;16CE7F5B-F91F-4732-B163-3AD6824E8CD3&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"604" height&equals;"435" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-180981" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-180981" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Katie Taylor lands a punch<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Veteran Taylor could scent blood now and landed more punches in round four to inflict further punishment on her opponent’s open wound&comma; which had to be checked by the doctor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cameron’s corner were working frantically between rounds on her cut but Taylor continued to gain success as the 10-round bout entered its second half&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The contest had turned extremely physical&comma; with holding and shoulder barges regularly coupled with quality shots from each fighter as Cameron tried to turn the screw in round eight with a superb uppercut&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Taylor’s home crowd chanted her name at the start of the ninth round as fatigue looked to set in for the Irish boxer in her 24th professional contest&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Both traded off in the centre of the ring during an exhilarating final round before a thundering noise greeted the last bell&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>All attention turned to the judges&comma; with the roof taken off the building when Taylor was declared the winner by majority decision to win the WBA&comma; WBC&comma; WBO and IBF light-welterweight titles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It raises the possibility of a third fight with Cameron&comma; 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