Chantelle Cameron Targets Claressa Shields Showdown After World Title Wins
Chantelle Cameron walked out of Birmingham with three new world titles and one name on her lips.
Claressa Shields.
Fresh from a unanimous decision win over Mikaela Mayer at MPW-06 on Saturday, Cameron confirmed that talks for a showdown with the self-styled “GWOAT” are not only under way, but accelerating.
“The teams are actually in talks for that now… they are very advanced,” she told Sky Sports. “It is moving pretty quick… a very high possibility the fight will happen.”
From epic war to historic stakes
Cameron’s points victory over Mayer was the kind of fight that hardens legacies. It was tight, tense, and ferociously contested. The judges went 97-93, 97-93, 96-94 in her favour, numbers that only hint at the ebb and flow of a bout that never really allowed either woman to relax.
By the final bell, Cameron had become WBA, WBC and WBO super-welterweight world champion, adding another layer to a résumé that already includes the distinction no one else can claim: the only fighter to beat Katie Taylor in the Irish icon’s professional career.
That win over Taylor first pushed Cameron into the conversation about all-time greats. Mayer in Birmingham underlined it. Now she wants to rip the conversation wide open.
“I fancy Clarissa Shields,” Cameron said. “I think I really do want to dare to be great and Clarissa Shields, she’s the GWOAT, she’s number one and that’s going to be a fight that will just be unbelievable.
“For me that makes me giddy because I think that really is me challenging the very, very best and what an opportunity if this fight comes off.”
This is not the usual post-fight wishlist. According to Cameron, negotiations with the WBC and WBA middleweight champion, who stands at 19-0 across multiple divisions, are already advanced. The idea is no longer fantasy; it’s a live project.
Mayer rematch on ice as Shields looms
Many assumed the natural next step would be a rematch with Mayer. Their first meeting had all the ingredients: quality, narrative, and a scoreline close enough to justify a second act.
Instead, Cameron and her team are chasing the biggest mountain in women’s boxing.
Shields has dominated every weight she has touched, stacking up belts and cleaning out divisions. She calls herself the Greatest Woman of All Time and, on paper, has the record to back it up. Cameron, newly crowned at super-welter, wants to run straight at that claim.
The momentum from Birmingham has clearly emboldened her. She has the belts, the profile, and the kind of win column that makes a superfight feel earned rather than manufactured. A clash with Shields would not just be another title defence; it would be a collision between two eras of dominance.
The Price factor and America’s pull
There is, of course, another thread in the Shields story.
When the American star stopped Kaye Scott in the sixth round in August to reclaim her middleweight titles, the talk immediately turned to Lauren Price. Shields herself said she wanted that fight between December and January, and Price welcomed the idea.
Her promoter, Dmitriy Salita, has been clear about where he sees that contest landing.
“Claressa came down to middleweight to make the biggest fights possible,” he told Sky Sports. “We want to make this a mega-event, and I believe that fight belongs in the United States.
“That being said, we love the UK, and another fight there is certainly not out of the question. It’s an incredible time for women’s boxing.”
The message is obvious: Shields is hunting marquee nights, big arenas, and defining match-ups. Whether that comes in the form of Lauren Price, Chantelle Cameron, or both in sequence, the stage is being set on both sides of the Atlantic.
A crossroads for the GWOAT – and for Cameron
So the picture sharpens.
On one side, Shields with her unbeaten record, her middleweight crowns, and her insistence on mega-events. On the other, Cameron, freshly armed with three super-welterweight belts and the confidence of a fighter who has already toppled one modern great.
The talks, Cameron says, are “very advanced”. The timeline, according to Shields’ camp, is geared around major occasions in prime markets. The appetite, from fans who have watched women’s boxing explode in profile and quality, is obvious.
Cameron wanted to dare to be great. Now she stands on the brink of a fight that could redefine what greatness looks like in the women’s game.
If the contracts follow the conversations, the GWOAT will have a new challenger – and women’s boxing will have another night that changes everything.
