Doubt removed for Chantelle Cameron but Katie Taylor unwilling to contemplate fresh defeat or retirement

Chantelle Cameron was waiting to ringwalk at the 3 Arena when the final motivation to ruining Katie Taylor's homecoming was delivered.

Self-admittedly lacking in belief sometimes, Cameron’s team had told her she would be proven the superior fighter.

Dublin’s 3Arena was the lion’s den as the home fans awaited their hero.

The talk all of fight week was of Taylor's return to these shores, rather than the magnitude of an undisputed clash.

The atmosphere built all night to welcome home the challenger. The champion played second fiddle.

"It played into my hands," Cameron claimed yesterday. "In the changing room it triggered me a bit. It was that last little switch. I said to myself 'I've had enough of this now'.

"Then it was game on.

"I knew what I was coming into. When I won I was still getting booed. I didn't take it personally. I just thought 'get me back to the dressing-room!'"

Taylor was left to come to terms with a first professional loss.

A week on from the bout she told RTÉ Sport that she felt tired early in the fight, one of the few hints she has given about what led to coming out second best.

Yesterday, she pointed to simply being less active in those opening rounds.

There could be many excuses when facing an undefeated opponent at a higher weight, especially when Cameron is the younger fighter.

'This fight matters for my career. It's must-win’ - @KatieTaylor tells @EvanneNiC that she is looking to make amends against undisputed super-lightweight champion Chantelle Cameron in November pic.twitter.com/cOeXRpWgw7

But there are none in the eyes of the Bray boxer. All that counts is the rematch on 25 November.

"I lost the fight. That is all that matters really. I just have to come back stronger. I've been in this position before (as