Trainer Jamie Moore says ‘there’s more to come’ from his ‘hero’ Chantelle Cameron

Trainer Jamie Moore has heaped lavish praise on Northampton boxer Chantelle Cameron, and insists 'there is still more to come' from the three-belt world super welterweight champion.

Cameron was in brilliant form on Saturday night as she secured a unanimous points decision following 10 action-packed two-minute rounds against American Mikaela Mayer in Birmingham.

Jamie Moore (left) has praised Northampton boxer Chantelle Cameron, who is also picture here with Nigel Travisplaceholder image
Jamie Moore (left) has praised Northampton boxer Chantelle Cameron, who is also picture here with Nigel Travis

The fight was Cameron's second back under the guidance of Manchester-based Moore and Nigel Travis, after a short stint away working with Grant and Stephen Smith in Sheffield.

The wins means she now holds the WBC, WBO and WBA world super welterweight belts, three years of from becoming the undisputed super lightweight champion with her stunning win over Katie Taylor in Dublin.

Cameron would controversially lose the rematch with Taylor, and her titles, six months later, and that led to the town star splitting from Moore.

She consequently admitted that was a mistake made on emotion at a difficult time, has now returned to work with Moore and Travis, and the move seems to be paying immediate dividends.

Moore is certainly delighted to be training 35-year-old Cameron again, and he heaped praise on the Northampton ace after her win over Mayer, calling her his 'hero', while paying tribute to her ambition, drive and willingness to 'reinvent herself'.

"I said to Chantelle before we left the changing rooms, 'regardless of what happens in the fight, just to let you know you are my hero'," Moore told Sky Sports.

"And I mean that in the purest way, because it is so difficult for women to get a foothold in this game.

"For Chantelle to do what she has done, on the biggest stage, beating someone who is probably going to be regarded as the greatest female fighter of all time in Katie Taylor.

"She could have easily walked away after the fight when she lost the rematch, sat on her laurels and say 'I was undisputed champion and I beat Katie Taylor'.

"But she's not done that, she has reinvented herself, she has moved up a weight and she has performed like that.

"That was Chantelle's best performance to date, and there is still more to come."

There has already been talk of a rematch with Mayer, although Cameron has insisted she wants that to be a 10-round fight with three-minute rounds, rather than two.

And that is something Moore admits he would like to see.

Asked about a rematch, the trainer said: "It's a great fight. I thought Mikaela boxed really well, and I thought she adapted quite well.

"She gritted out, stuck in there, she didn't let is dishearten her that by the time she got to halfway she was more or less 5-0 down.

"She really dug in, and three minute rounds would make the rematch more interesting than the twos again.

"Because the vast majority of the time the rematch is the same result, but usually the winner is quicker.

"Three-minute rounds would make it way more interesting."

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