Cameron Crowned Undisputed: Dominant Victory Unifies Junior Middleweight Titles

Boxing fans witnessed a series of significant bouts in England on Saturday, August 29, 2026, featuring title unifications and a new heavyweight world champion. Events included Chantelle Cameron's unanimous decision victory over Mikaela Mayer, Caroline Dubois' successful lightweight title defense against Amelia Moore, and Filip Hrgović's historic win against Moses Itauma.

In Birmingham, England, Chantelle Cameron (23-1, 8 KOs) secured a unanimous decision over Mikaela Mayer (22-3, 5 KOs) in a grueling junior middleweight title unification bout. Cameron, from Northampton, added Mayer's WBC belt to her WBO title, which she had previously won against Michaela Kotaskova in April. The judges scored the intense encounter 97-93, 97-93, and 96-94. This victory marked Cameron's best career win, aside from her 2023 triumph over Katie Taylor, and somewhat compensated for missing out on a trilogy fight with Taylor. Cameron's accurate hooks were crucial in disrupting Mayer's boxing strategy.

Mayer, a three-weight world champion from Las Vegas, disputed the points verdict, believing she outboxed Cameron. However, Cameron landed cleaner and harder shots throughout the fight. The American suffered a third agonizing defeat on English soil, having previously lost to Alycia Baumgardner in 2022 and Natasha Jonas in 2024. After the fight, Cameron was quoted saying, "Talk is so cheap and I showed that tonight, if you talk you've got to back it up. I want to do it again, over three minute rounds. You're boring Mikaela, go home." Mayer retorted, "I beat Chantelle and if you want to do it again it won't be in the UK. I outboxed her. I thought she was going to put the pressure on more. It's in our contact. It was a good fight, let's do it again."

The fight saw Cameron make a fast start, with Mayer experiencing blood trickling from her right ear. The momentum shifted throughout the rounds; Mayer used sharp jabs in the second and maintained intensity in the third to deny Cameron. However, Cameron found success in close-range exchanges in the fourth and landed a series of hooks in the fifth. Mayer performed best when working behind her jab but was often drawn into exchanges that favored Cameron. Despite Mayer's more disciplined and industrious approach in the seventh and eighth rounds, absorbing a big right hand from Cameron, both fighters visibly slowed in the later rounds due to the ferocious pace. In the ninth, a head clash cut Cameron above her left eye, but she continued to pursue Mayer in the final round.

Also on the card, Caroline Dubois (14-0-1, 5 KOs), the younger sister of Daniel Dubois, comfortably defended her WBC and WBO world lightweight titles with a unanimous points win over Amelia Moore (4-1, 1 KO). The judges scored the bout 99-90, 99-90, and 98-91 in favor of Dubois, who won nearly every round. This victory was more straightforward for Dubois, from south London, compared to her title unification win against Terri Harper in April. Her win sets up a likely unification title fight against the winner of the IBF champion Elif Nur Turhan and Alycia Baumgardner clash, scheduled for November 8. Dubois and Baumgardner exchanged insults at ringside, indicating a highly anticipated future matchup.

Moore, from Colorado, made a strong start, making the first two rounds competitive. However, Dubois found her rhythm in the third, threading punches through gaps, and landed solid shots in the last 30 seconds of the fourth. In the fifth round, Moore stumbled to the canvas and was given a count, complaining of a head clash, but Dubois had also landed a series of clean punches. Dubois' domination was evident, catching Moore with a good left through the guard in the seventh and continuing to land punches in the eighth. Although Moore rallied early in the ninth, Dubois' victory was never in doubt.

Meanwhile, in London, Filip Hrgović made history by becoming Croatia's first heavyweight world champion, stopping Moses Itauma in Round 9 to claim the vacant IBF belt. Itauma's trainer, Ben Davison, threw in the towel with his fighter exhausted and backed against the ropes, concluding a pulsating battle. The contest was preceded by a heated weigh-in where Itauma pushed Hrgović offstage, leading to Hrgović attempting to slap him in return. Security had to intervene to separate the fighters after Hrgović struck Itauma in the face following the push. Itauma commented on the incident, stating, "I just lost it a little bit but we're here now. I had a little itch, and I just had to scratch it." Itauma weighed in at 241.7 pounds, heavier than Hrgović's 232.6 pounds.