Abu Dhabi - For the IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO, IBO junior welterweight titles, Chantelle Cameron (17-0, 8 KOs) boxed her way to a ten round unanimous decision over Jessica McCaskill (12-3, 5 KOs).
The scores were 97-93, 96-94 and 96-94.
McCaskill, the undisputed world champion at welterweight, moved down in weight to take the fight.
McCaskill came out swinging and applying pressure in the first round, but she was caught several times by the accurate shots of Cameron. In the third, Cameron was outworking and outlanding McCaskill.
The workrate, movement and accurate punching was too much for McCaskill to deal with in the fourth and fifth. The sixth was close as McCaskill did better and began to land a few hard shots. In the seventh, Cameron suffered a cut on the bridge on the nose, but continued to box well. The boxing ability of Cameron was still giving McCaskill fits in the eight. McCaskill was able to land the catchier punches.
The ninth was another close round, with both connecting with hard punches. McCaskill went right after Cameron in the tenth and final round. Both were throwing a lot. Cameron was landing the better punches.
