Chantelle Cameron punched non-stop for ten rounds but just could not bash the resistance out of Mary McGee as Cameron unified the WBC and IBF super-lightweight titles with a unanimous points victory at the O2 Arena, London.
Cameron was too quick and too accurate for McGee, who never gave up but had to ship a lot of punishment.
Frank Lombardi scored it a shut-out, 100-90, Guido Cavalleri had it 99-91 and Victor Loughlin had it 99-92.
McGee used her reach advantage to land early but it did not take long for Cameron to take the initiative and start beating the American to the punch.
Cameron was much more aggressive in the second and, while McGee tried to trade with her, she was being caught repeatedly and Cameron threw her to the floor for good measure as the bell sounded.
McGee tried to lead off but she telegraphed her punches, as Cameron moved out of range before they arrived. In contrast, Cameron was in and out landing increasingly spiteful shots.
In the fourth round, McGee looked to stand and trade and while she did get through with several shots, Cameron came back with more landing a right and then a big left hook that caught McGee clean.
The American spent most of the fourth and fifth rounds chasing after Cameron but was finding thin air with most of her punches and when Cameron switched the attack back to her midway through the sixth round, she drilled McGee back to the ropes.
The seventh round continued in the same way, McGee coming forward but being outlanded by Cameron, but when she turned on the power, Cameron couldn’t put McGee away.
In the eighth, McGee held back, inviting Cameron forward. The round ended with an almighty tear-up in mid-ring and while McGee was starting to look a bit hurt, there was no quit in her.
Cameron measured McGee with a huge right in the ninth, but McGee kept coming forward and had her best round in the tenth, as McGee came after Cameron non-stop and the English boxer was forced to retreat.
Still, there was little doubt about the result as Cameron ran out an easy winner, to set up a fight for the undisputed title next year.
Ron Lewis is a senior writer for BoxingScene. He was Boxing Correspondent for The Times, where he worked from 2001-2019 - covering four Olympic Games and numerous world title fights across the globe. He has written about boxing for a wide variety of publications worldwide since the 1980s.
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