Each time Katie Taylor’s bloody gloves found the ever-messier face of Chantelle Cameron, and with each spritz of crimson, the Dublin crowd greeted the violence like the winning try in a Rugby World Cup final. Three years on, the 3Arena may still echo with the noise of that famous night, when Taylor barely achieved the revenge she craved, and the building shook as though it could crumble into the River Liffey as the whole city threatened to do the same, amid shameful riots.
For a long time, Cameron obsessed over the idea of her own revenge: breaking the 1-1 deadlock with a trilogy bout, settling the score after she and Taylor had desecrated each other’s unbeaten records. But at last, with Taylor set for her dream retirement at Croke Park against a different foe, Cameron has let go.
