Chantelle Cameron's trainer Jamie Moore expressed his frustration with referee Roberto Ramirez Jr after his fighter's defeat to Katie Taylor in Dublin on Saturday night.
The Irish fighter won the bout by majority decision to avenge her defeat to Cameron earlier this year and become a two-weight undisputed world champion.
"She's obviously devastated, as you can imagine," Moore told BBC 5 Live's Boxing with Steve Bunce podcast.
25 November 2023; Katie Taylor, right, and Chantelle Cameron during their undisputed super lightweight championship bout at the 3Arena in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
"She just feels like this whole scenario, this whole thing was set up for her to lose. We were determined to prove everyone wrong, similar to what we did last time.
"[Katie Taylor] got away with holding a lot the last time. First of all, from what I was actually watching, it was a close fight and could have gone either way. We were denied a knockdown in the first round, which should have been [allowed]. 100 per cent a legitimate knockdown.
25 November 2023; Katie Taylor after her undisputed super lightweight championship fight with Chantelle Cameron at the 3Arena in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
"I begged the referee in the changing room before the fight... I said 'Please, last time, she got away with holding a lot. My fighter's best work is up close. Please don't let her hold the way she did the last time'. He allowed it to go on worse this time.
"I'm gutted for her. She was so frustrated by the fourth and fifth rounds because [Katie Taylor] was holding that much. From watching what I watching, I know that if Chantelle was allowed to do the work that she can do on the inside, it would have been a different result."
25 November 2023; The ringside doctor gives the go ahead for Chantelle Cameron to continue in her undisputed super lightweight championship fight with Katie Taylor at the 3Arena in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
Moore said that Cameron suffered a "very bad cut" during the fight.
"I was getting paranoid in between rounds," he added, "because the doctor was getting up and having a look. I was like, 'The cut man is the best in the world and there's nothing wrong, it's not in a dangerous position, just leave it alone - are you trying to stop the fight?'"
Eddie Hearn on Taylor's 'knockdown'
I only saw it live. I mean, it was like, I dunno, a push and a punch- it could be a knock down. I gotta watch it back. I did mention it to Katie Taylor and she said 'are you joking?! It wasn't a knock down at all.' Of course she is gonna say that as well. Look, I spoke to Jamie Moore and those guys, they're not overly happy, they feel like they were up against it out here and listen, they were. But Katie Taylor won that fight. There wasn't anyone sitting at ringside that didnt agree with that.
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