Shane Cameron | |||||||||||||
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Statistics | |||||||||||||
Real name | Shane Aaron Cameron | ||||||||||||
Rated at |
Cruiserweight Heavyweight |
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Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||
Reach | 187 cm (74 in) | ||||||||||||
Nationality | New Zealander | ||||||||||||
Born |
Tiniroto, New Zealand |
17 October 1977 ||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||
Boxing record | |||||||||||||
Total fights | 34 | ||||||||||||
Wins | 29 | ||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 22 | ||||||||||||
Losses | 5 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shane Aaron Cameron (born 17 October 1977) is a New Zealand professional boxer. He is a former Commonwealth cruiserweight champion, having also held several regional titles at heavyweight. As an amateur he won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Outside of boxing, he placed fifth in the 2015 series of Dancing With the Stars New Zealand.
He beat Adam Forsyth for the 2001 New Zealand heavyweight crown and lost to Jason Douglas in the semifinals of the 91 kg Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal.
Cameron made his professional debut on 28 November 2002, with a third-round knockout victory over Winston Palu in the Auckland suburb of Kohimarama. He 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.
On 28 July 2006 in Auckland, Cameron added two more championships to his record, with a 10th-round technical knockout of Roger Izonritei. With that win, he captured the vacant WBA Pan African Heavyweight title, as well as Izonritei's International Boxing Federation(IBF) Pan Pacific title.
In October 2006, ranked 14th worldwide by the IBF, he was for the first time ranked ahead of fellow countryman and world heavyweight title contender David Tua. Cameron formally challenged Tua, declaring: "David Tua said on television a while back 'Shane who?' but if he looks at who is ranked, I am, he's not, so he knows who I am now: and if he gets in the ring with me, he will know."
On 1 December 2006, 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.