Chantelle Cameron Eyes Claressa Shields Showdown After WBA, WBC, WBO Win
Chantelle Cameron barely had time to let the new belts settle on her shoulder before she started talking about Claressa Shields.
Fresh from a brutal, breathless win over Mikaela Mayer in Birmingham, Cameron revealed that negotiations for a showdown with the self-styled “GWOAT” are not only under way – they are already at an advanced stage.
“I fancy (fighting) Clarissa Shields,” she told Sky Sports. “I think I really do want to dare to be great… The teams are actually in talks for that now… They are very advanced; it is moving pretty quick.”
Cameron’s statement win – and statement of intent
On Saturday night at MPW-06, Cameron edged a high-class war with Mayer to become WBA, WBC and WBO super-welterweight world champion. The cards – 97-93, 97-93, 96-94 – reflected a tight, tactical contest rather than a rout, but the result was decisive enough to send another jolt through women’s boxing.
Already the only woman to have beaten Katie Taylor in the Irish icon’s professional career, Cameron added more shine to one of the most formidable résumés in the sport. This was not a rebuilding win. It was a reassertion.
Many expected the narrative to write itself: a rematch with Mayer, another chapter in a rivalry that had just delivered a thriller. Instead, Cameron has looked up a division and straight at the most decorated fighter of her era.
She wants Shields. Now.
Chasing the ‘GWOAT’
Shields sits at the top of the mountain at middleweight, WBC and WBA titles in hand, a 19-0 record spread across multiple divisions, and a reputation she herself has branded with that GWOAT tag – Greatest Woman Of All Time.
For most, that kind of aura is a deterrent. For Cameron, it’s the attraction.
“She’s the GWOAT, she’s number one,” Cameron said. “That really is me challenging the very, very best and what an opportunity if this fight comes off.”
The language from Cameron’s camp is not tentative. Her managers, she says, have told her talks are “very advanced” and “moving pretty quick”. In a sport where big fights often move at a glacial pace, that kind of urgency stands out.
If it lands, it would be a clash of proven champions, not a coronation for one and a lottery ticket for the other. Cameron brings belts, pedigree and the scalp of Taylor. Shields brings undisputed status, star power and a résumé that has already stretched across weight classes.
It’s the kind of fight that changes careers and redefines eras.
The Price question
There is, however, another name in the Shields orbit: Lauren Price.
Back in August, when Shields stopped Kaye Scott in the sixth round to reclaim her middleweight belts, she made it clear that Price was high on her list. She spoke of a preferred window between December and January, and Price publicly welcomed the idea.
Her promoter, Dmitriy Salita, has been just as open about what he wants that contest to look like.
“Claressa came down to middleweight to make the biggest fights possible,” Salita told Sky Sports. “We want to make this a mega-event, and I believe that fight belongs in the United States.”
That line matters. Location, timing, broadcast politics – they all shape which super-fight actually reaches the ring first.
Salita hasn’t closed the door on the UK, calling it “an incredible time for women’s boxing” and insisting another trip across the Atlantic is “certainly not out of the question”. But his instinct is clear: Shields, in a marquee event, on American soil.
So where does that leave Cameron?
A crossroads for the division – and for Shields
Shields stands at the centre of a crowded queue. Cameron, a freshly crowned three-belt champion at super-welterweight, wants to jump it. Price, the Olympic gold medallist and rising star, already has her name pencilled into Shields’ plans.
One option is legacy. Cameron vs Shields is a pure champion-versus-champion collision, the kind of fight that would sit comfortably in any era’s highlight reel.
The other is succession. Shields vs Price would pit the established great against the fast-rising hope, a passing-of-the-torch narrative that promoters love and broadcasters can sell.
What’s different now is Cameron’s timing. She has not waited to be picked; she has walked straight into the conversation, belts in hand, momentum behind her and the credibility that comes with beating both Taylor and Mayer.
The talks, she insists, are real. The pace, she says, is quick.
If that holds, Shields will soon have to choose: the mega-event in the United States that her team has long envisioned, the homecoming-style showcase against Price, or the high-risk, high-reward collision with a relentless champion in Cameron who refuses to be just another name on the list.
