Mikaela Mayer targets Chantelle Cameron unification fight and Claressa Shields by early 2027

Mikaela Mayer is targeting a unification fight with Chantelle Cameron later this year as she targets "big names only".

Mayer, who signed with Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions last month on a three-year contract, is the reigning WBC and WBA super-welterweight world champion and also holds the WBO welterweight title.

However, she was forced to vacate the WBO title which Cameron will fight Michaela Kotaskova for this Sunday night, live on Sky Sports, as part of an exciting all-women's bill which also sees Caroline Dubois take on Terri Harper.

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"I want big names only. This is probably the last contract I'll sign so this might be it. I only want the biggest super fights that I can get," Mayer told Sky Sports News.

"Chantelle Cameron is up there, Lauren Price is definitely up there, Claressa Shields. If I could get those three back to back, that would be ideal. But you never know what's going to happen in boxing. You have got to roll with the punches. Things always change."

Asked if Caroline Dubois would also be an option, or if Cameron is more likely, she said: "Chantelle Cameron. She's fighting this weekend for the belt that I just vacated at 154lbs. I still have two other belts at 154, so assuming she gets the win this weekend, we can fight for a big unification fight.

"I'm not opposed to Caroline Dubois. Right now, she's at 135 and I do have some big names on the horizon for me that I really want to get done. Lauren Price being one of them, as she's undisputed at 147. I'm here to make the fights the fans want to see, so never say never."

Nakisa Bidarian, co-founder of MVP, added: "Mikaela's a phenomenal superstar in the US, so bringing the two of them together is going to be electric.

"If that's what Chantelle wants and that's what Mikaela wants, we'll do everything we can to make it happen."

Mayer wants Shields by early 2027

Another target for Mayer is a super-fight with US compatriot Claressa Shields, who is the undisputed heavyweight champion.

Mayer and Shields were team-mates on the 2016 USA Olympic squad, with the former boxing at lightweight and the latter winning middleweight gold for a second time in Brazil.

After becoming a unified professional world champion at super-featherweight, Mayer moved through divisions to win the WBO welterweight title.

Shields has had a stellar unbeaten professional career, winning world championships at super-welter, middle, super-middle and most recently heavyweight. She became the first undisputed heavyweight champion in women's boxing when she beat Danielle Perkins in February.

Mayer said: "We've been friends for a long time, so I don't know how close we'll be if that fight gets done. You never know, we're both fighters at heart, so we'll see how that affects our friendship.

"It would be a great fight. I have the work rate, the size now and the skill, so I really hope to get that done, hopefully by early next year."

Mayer: Dubois to beat Harper on points

This Sunday's all-female card is headlined by Dubois fighting Harper for the WBC and WBO lightweight world titles at London's Olympia.

The build-up has been heated with the pair exchanging verbal jibes and Harper pushing her rival during a photo shoot earlier this week.

Mayer, no stranger to tense fight weeks, said women's boxing "needs rivalries" to continue to grow and expects Dubois to win.

"It's going to be a great fight. If I had to pick a winner, I might have to go with Caroline Dubois, just because of her amateur pedigree. She's a really good boxer but Terri Harper has always given us the fights we want to see.

"She has never been scared to step in the ring with challenging good opponents. We see it in her resume, and so you can't you can't look past it, you can't count her out.

"It'll definitely go to decision. Caroline is probably the better, more technically sound boxer. I don't see her stopping Terri Harper."

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