Shane Aaron Cameron was born on 17 October 1977 and is a New Zealand professional boxer.
22 Facts About Shane Cameron
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Shane Cameron is a former Commonwealth cruiserweight champion, having held several regional titles at heavyweight.
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Shane Cameron finished his amateur career with the record of 40 - 8.
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Shane Cameron defeated Shane Wijohn on 4 December 2004 in Auckland to win the New Zealand Heavyweight title, which he would later vacate in order to pursue international titles.
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On 28 July 2006 in Auckland, Shane Cameron added two more championships to his record, with a 10th-round technical knockout of Roger Izonritei.
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In December 2006, Shane Cameron enjoyed his 17th consecutive victory as a professional, via a 9th round TKO of South African Osborne Machimana in Christchurch, thus retaining his WBA Pan African heavyweight title.
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On 7 March 2007 Shane Cameron fought Australian boxing veteran Bob Mirovic in an Anthony Mundine undercard fight at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
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Once again a challenge was extended to Tua, with Shane Cameron's camp offering the fellow Kiwi NZ$250,000 to step into the ring.
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Shane Cameron added a third title to his collection on 28 June 2007, with a first-round TKO win over a jet-lagged Brazilian Jucimar Hipolito for the vacant World Boxing Organization Asia Pacific Heavyweight title.
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On 2 November 2007, Shane Cameron suffered his first professional defeat at the hands of Friday Ahunanya.
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Shane Cameron lost by a 12th round TKO decision after he was sent to the canvas twice after Ahunanya opened up bleeding cuts above Shane Cameron's eyes.
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On 11 April 2008 Shane Cameron fought American Heavyweight Jonathan Haggler, Haggler's record being 18 wins and 2 losses.
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Shane Cameron bled only slightly from above his left eyebrow, which had been recently operated on.
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Shane Cameron then fought American Kevin Montiy on 28 June 2008 knocking him out in the 5th round.
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Shane Cameron defeated John Hopoate via disqualification in Melbourne, Australia, on 18 March 2010.
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Shane Cameron followed up this with unanimous decision victories against Daniel Ammann and Anthony McCracken.
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The latter served as a final eliminator for the commonwealth cruiserweight title which Shane Cameron fought for in his next bout against Dominic Vea.
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The bout took place on 20 July 2011 on the undercard of the Danny Green vs Antonio Tarver IBO cruiserweight title fight, and saw Shane Cameron become the new commonwealth champion when he knocked out Vea in round 12.
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Shane Cameron fought Monte Barrett on 5 July 2012 for NZPBA title eliminator match.
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Three days before the fight, Shane Cameron said his preparation for the Barrett fight had been "superb" and he was feeling good about it.
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Shane Cameron knocked out Barrett in the 4th round with an overhand right.
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Shane Cameron lost to Danny Green by unanimous points decision in Melbourne on 21 November 2012.