Shane Cameron

New Zealand boxer

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 semi finals of the 91 kg Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal. He finished his amateur career with the record of 40 8.

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." In 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. After the fight Cameron once again called for a match with Tua. However Tua's adviser Inga Tuigamala responded: "I know Shane Cameron has been banging the drum and wants to get it on with David, but from David's perspective, Shane is still on his way up the ladder and at the moment a fight between them would be of more benefit to Shane than David." On 7 March 2007 Cameron fought Australian boxing veteran Bob Mirovic in an Anthony Mundine undercard fight at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. Despite breaking his right hand in the first round and suffering cuts above both eyes, Cameron knocked Mirovic out in the eighth round via a left hook to the Australian's forehead to again retain his WBA Pan African title. Once again a challenge was extended to Tua, with Cameron's camp offering the fellow Kiwi NZ$250,000 to step into the ring. After the match Cameron's New Zealand manager Ken Reinsfield stated "We'd fight Tua in a heartbeat, but you can see why Tua doesn't want to fight him." 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. Jucimar was a late replacement to Kelvin Davis who broke his back after jumping off a bridge to avoid a car in a night time training run. On 2 November 2007, Cameron suffered his first professional defeat at the hands of Friday Ahunanya. Cameron lost by a 12th round TKO decision after he was sent to the canvas twice after Ahunanya opened up bleeding cuts above Cameron's eyes. With this loss, Cameron surrendered all the titles he previously held. Cuts to both eyes hampered his vision (cut right eye in round 3, cut left eye in round 9) and ability to avoid punches from his opponent in the later rounds. Even heading into round 12, according to commentators, he was leading on points. Cameron's management still had high hopes for his future and stated that they would allow three months for the cuts to heal properly before his next fight. On 11 April 2008 Cameron fought American Heavyweight Jonathan Haggler, Haggler's record being 18 wins and 2 losses. Cameron knocked out Haggler in the eighth round. Winning the fight meant Cameron claimed the WBO Oriental, WBO Asia Pacific and IBF Pan Pacific belts. He bled only slightly from above his left eyebrow, which had been recently operated on. Cameron then fought American Kevin Montiy on 28 June 2008 knocking him out in the 5th round. With that win Cameron defended his IBF Pan Pacific heavyweight title and his WBO Oriental heavyweight title. Cameron later stated "The Montiy fight was one of my best performances to date. I had my best camp, great sparring and my conditioning was great as always". A fight between David Tua and Shane Cameron took place in Hamilton, New Zealand on 3 October 2009. The fight was dubbed "The Fight of The Century" by promoters John McRae and David Higgins, both boxers were guaranteed $500,000 in prize money with the winner expected to get a win bonus. Despite the hype, the fight was one sided. Tua knocked Cameron down twice in the first round, with a series of trademark left hooks. Due to an adjudicating error, Cameron was not counted out and survived to the end of the round. However, Tua exploded onto him in the first 7 seconds of the second round, backing Cameron up onto the ropes before throwing nearly 20 punches (most of which cleanly connected) to Cameron's head. As Cameron sank to the canvas, the referee stepped in to stop the fight. Losing meant Cameron surrendered his IBF Pan Pacific, WBO Oriental and WBO Asia Pacific belts. Cameron defeated John Hopoate via disqualification in Melbourne, Australia, on 18 March 2010. The fight ended 43 seconds into the second round of a scheduled 10 round bout. Cameron followed up this with unanimous decision victories against Daniel Ammann and Anthony McCracken. The latter served as a final eliminator for the commonwealth cruiserweight title which Cameron fought for in his next bout against Dominic Vea. The bout took place on 20 July 2011 on the undercard of the Danny Green vs Antonio Tarver IBO cruiserweight title fight, and saw Cameron become the new commonwealth champion when he knocked out Vea in round 12. Cameron fought Monte Barrett on 5 July 2012 for NZPBA title eliminator match (The winner would likely face Sonny Bill Williams). Three days before the fight, Cameron said his preparation for the Barrett fight had been "superb" and he was feeling good about it. He knocked out Barrett in the 4th round with an overhand right. With the win Cameron redeemed his loss to David Tua and accepted a challenge from Danny Green for the vacant IBO Cruiserweight title to be held on 21 November in Melbourne, Australia. He lost to Danny Green by unanimous points decision in Melbourne on 21 November 2012.

No. (Number)ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes34Loss29–5 Kali MeehanUD1022 November 2014 33Loss29–4 Brian MintoRTD (Referee technical decision)7 (12), 14 December 2013 32Loss29–3 Danny GreenUD1221 November 2012 31Win29–2 Monte BarrettKO4 (12), 5 July 2012 30Win28–2 Monty BethamUD63 December 2011 29Win27–2 Dominic VeaKO12 (12), 20 July 2011 28Win26–2 Anthony McCrackenUD1217 November 2010 27Win25–2 Daniel AmmannUD1021 July 2010 26Win24–2 John HopoateDQ (Disqualification)2 (12), 18 March 2010 25Loss23–2 David TuaKO2 (12), 3 October 2009 24Win23–1 Robert DavisTKO11 (12)7 March 2009 23Win22–1 Terry SmithUD1227 September 2008 22Win21–1 Kevin MontiyTKO5 (12), 28 July 2008 21Win20–1 Jonathan HagglerKO7 (12), 11 April 2008 20Loss19–1 Friday AhunanyaTKO12 (12), 2 November 2007 19Win19–0 Jucimar Francisco HipólitoTKO1 (12)28 June 2007 18Win18–0 Bob MirovicKO8 (12), 7 March 2007 17Win17–0 Osborne MachimanaTKO9 (12)1 December 2006 16Win16–0 Roger IzonriteiTKO10 (12)28 July 2006 15Win15–0 Hiriwa Te RangiTKO2 (8), 27 May 2006 14Win14–0 James WaltonMD (Majority decision)105 November 2005 13Win13–0 Adele OlakanyeTKO4 (8), 1 October 2005 12Win12–0 Colin WilsonTKO7 (12)29 April 2005 11Win11–0 Auckland AuimatagiTKO2 (10), 4 March 2005 10Win10–0 Shane WijohnTKO4 (12), 4 December 2004 9Win9–0 Richard TutakiKO3 (8)30 September 2004 8Win8–0 Hiriwa Te RangiUD (Unanimous decision)823 July 2004 7Win7–0 Gilberto MeloTKO4 (6)5 June 2004 6Win6–0 Richard KempTKO2 (6), 19 January 2004 5Win5–0 Shane NorfordTKO2 (6)13 November 2003 4Win4–0 Vernon WoodwardTKO1 (4), 12 July 2003 3Win3–0 Jeff LindseyTKO (Technical knockout)1 (4), 7 June 2003 2Win2–0 Alphonzo DavisKO2 (4), 24 May 2003 1Win1–0 Winston PaluKO (Knockout)3 (4)28 November 2002