Chantelle Cameron beats Jessica McCaskill to become the undisputed light-welterweight champion
Briton Chantelle Cameron became the UK's first undisputed female champion after beating Jessica McCaskill by unanimous decision in Abu Dhabi.
Cameron exuded confidence throughout the week in the build-up to the contest, showing no signs of being fazed by the magnitude of stepping into the ring for aHer demeanour did not change once the first bell rang as the Englishwoman stuck rigidly to her gameplan and used her jab to set the tempo before following up with effective combinations.
Cameron reaffirmed her dominance in the latter rounds to add the vacant WBA, IBO and WBO titles to her WBC and IBF belts. Tajikistan's Rakhimov, 28, became the first person to win a boxing world title in the emirate as Barrett started to tire and gaps began to open up.
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