Katie Taylor added the latest chapter to her historic and storied career with a rematch victory over Chantelle Cameron on Saturday in Dublin to claim the undisputed junior welterweight crown.

Ireland’s Taylor (23-1, 6 KOs) took a dramatic majority decision win at the 3Arena, by scores of 95-95, 96-94, and a frankly too wide 98-92, to snatch the four sanctioning body belts and Ring Magazine title to add to the undisputed honors she holds at lightweight.

Another women’s fight for the ages, a sharper Taylor offered the cleaner work, outboxing Cameron (18-1, 8 KOs) for large periods having been outmuscled herself in May at the same venue.

The nature of that close-but-clear win for Cameron led to many within the industry to give Taylor only a scant chance in the rematch but the Wicklow woman continues to excel at the age of 37, turning in a smart, skillful, and gutsy display.

Much also had been spoken of Taylor’s fight week approach in comparison to the pair’s initial meeting. The Bray boxer’s media and public engagements were drastically reduced in an effort to conserve some spark for the fight itself while her lightweight title belts were symbolically left at home.

In keeping with the siege mentality and challenger’s approach, Taylor walked to the ring first – for the first time in her seven-year pro career – and the eight-minute gospel-infused melodrama of May was nowhere to be seen.

It was short, sharp and ready for business, looking to reverse the uncharacteristic slow start which plagued the Wicklow woman last time out, leaving her with a mountain to climb at the half-way point.

There would have been fears that a repeat of this pattern was on the cards as Cameron enjoyed a strong opening round. Taylor began looking to use her boxing but within a minute was being timed by long shots from the visitor who perhaps should have been credited with a knockdown when she caught Taylor square with a jab that sent her tumbling only for this to be ruled a slip by referee Roberto Ramirez Jr.

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The challenger again started the second with flurries but was already engaging too much with the stronger Cameron. Taylor was dramatically driven to the ropes at the bell, trading with Cameron to the delight of the crowd but perhaps to the detriment of her chances in the fight.

Quite obviously less mobile than in her pomp, Taylor was relying on head movement rather than foot movement and was enjoying good success, bringing the crowd off their feet with a solid counter left hook in a strong third round that left Cameron bleeding from the scalp following a head clash.

The gash required a brief inspection at the start of the fourth but was given the all-clear by the ringside doctor and Cameron immediately went on the offensive, cornering Taylor. The champion’s timing, however, was not at its best and it was Taylor landing the more eye-catching shots as her resurgence continued.

The contrasts in Taylor’s fight week approach were echoed in reverse from Cameron. The shy Northampton puncher, having nerveless negotiated the challenge in May, cut a relaxed and friendly figure in Dublin, savoring the spotlight. In the ring, things were less straightforward.

Peppering Cameron with scoring raids, Taylor frustrated her rival further in the fifth who was looking to make it a brawl but, for once, failed to find a willing dance partner.

The brawl did come, briefly, at center ring at the start of a potentially momentum-halting sixth, with Cameron’s strength telling but, surprisingly, as the action moved into the seventh it was Taylor who appeared to be the fresher fighter. Out-landing Cameron in the exchanges and heightening the atmosphere somehow even further, it looked as though the home favorite, underdog for the first time in her career, was taking a lead into the home stretch.

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Messy in the eighth, Cameron appeared frustrated as Taylor pivoted but she eventually worked the Irishwoman into a clinch where she landed some heavy shots to pull the cards even closer.

Increasingly grueling, Taylor continued to be the busier boxer in the exchanges but a well-timed right hand from Cameron put the ninth up for debate in a fight that continued to confound Perhaps knowing she required a big finish, Cameron came out firing in the final round with big, long punches early but an exhausted Taylor summoned something to keep throwing flurries as the pair traded to the bell.

Going to the cards, Taylor was confirmed the winner to raucous scenes as a dejected Cameron immediately left the ring.

“Whoever wrote me off obviously don’t know me very well. Don’t ever doubt me,” Taylor told the delirious crowd following the announcement of the result. “Two-weight undisputed champion, that sounds very nice, thank you so much everyone. That was the longest six months, I prayed for this rematch. All I was thinking about was the rematch and I’m so glad I got it. This is my real homecoming tonight!”

Katie Taylor celebrates victory with her mother Bridget Taylor after defeating Chantelle Cameron. (Photo by James Chance/Getty Images)

“The last night you saw the worst of me, and the best of Chantelle and I think it was still a close fight. Tonight, you’ve seen the real me.”

“Let’s get the trilogy at Croke Park!”

Promoter of both, Eddie Hearn, is also keen on an outdoor event in front of over 80,000 people at the famous Gaelic sports venue in Dublin.

“I’ll tell you something now, and I know we say this a lot, but for everybody out there, everybody in Ireland, for the Irish government, Croke Park has to happen,” he declared. “She’s done everything for this sport, she’s done everything for this country, she deserves it more than anyone. Next Spring/Summer, we will create an event you will never forget.”

“Honestly, this is the single greatest night I think I’ve experienced in this sport. Tonight, they doubted her, they wrote her off, and, y’know, one thing I knew, she wasn’t prepared to let these guys down tonight. She is, I think, one of the biggest legends to ever come out of this country. She deserves everything.”

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