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Amanda Serrano: Katie Taylor's legacy is untouchable, but Chantelle Cameron is no regular fighter

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Chantelle Cameron relives historic victory over Katie Taylor

Katie Taylor bids for revenge against Chantelle Cameron in their undisputed light-welterweight fight in Dublin on Saturday.

In her BBC Sport column, seven-weight world champion Amanda 'The Real Deal' Serrano previews the rematch.

Serrano was beaten narrowly on points by Taylor in April 2022 at Madison Square Garden - and was the Irishwoman's original homecoming opponent before injury forced her to withdraw.

Serrano expects another brilliant performance from the unbeaten Cameron, who is the only woman to beat Taylor in the pro ranks, and explains how fighting at home can affect a boxer.

Katie Taylor has never backed down from any challenge, but sometimes we're too good for our own good.

If I were advising Katie, I would have told her not to take the rematch against Chantelle Cameron.

One loss is OK because it was against a bigger, younger, champion in Chantelle. It hasn't and shouldn't wipe out everything she did in her career prior to that.

Chantelle was an undisputed champion at 140lbs, so you can't go wrong. Katie has had an amazing career, accomplished so much.

I joked after our fight at Madison Square Garden that she was my best friend.

Everything we did, we did together. Our whole careers have been intertwined - and look what we've been able to do. I wouldn't have been earning seven figures or selling out the Garden without her.

She will always be one of the people who changed my career and my life.

After facing Katie myself, I understand she couldn't - and wouldn't - walk away from a challenge like this. She never has and never will.

Chantelle is a formidable fighter, so even just the chance that Katie could face a tough second loss to her in front of her home crowd in Dublin is a daunting prospect. It would be the same for any fighter.

Her Olympic legacy is untouchable, what she did for women's boxing, she is always going to be in the Hall of Fame, a legend. If you lose to a regular fighter, that's something else. Chantelle isn't a regular fighter.

That said, if she loses again, she can definitely still fight me. I'm the smaller girl! Just don't pick on the bigger girls any more.

Ringwalk did 'damage' to Taylor

Chantelle did everything right in the first fight. She came forward, she kept putting pressure on Katie and was able to punch in combinations.

What Katie did wrong? I think she played the ropes a little too much. That wasn't Katie. She's always been and in-and-out fighter.

When I was watching the fight I saying: "Why is she putting herself on the ropes so much? Why is staying there so long">