Shane Cameron v Friday Ahunya

[ipswich express]

Can't knock Shane on stepping up his quality of opposition! Well done, it should be a great fight to watch.


World rated heavyweight Shane Cameron (19-0, 17 KOs) will meet the best credentialed opponent of his career when he clashes with American-based Nigerian Friday Ahunanya (22-5-3, 12 KOs) over twelve rounds in Auckland, New Zealand on November 2nd. They have met a common opponent in James Walton, whom Cameron scored a majority ten round points decision over in 2005. Ahunanya stopped Walton in two rounds in 2007. The Nigerian is two inches shorter at six-foot than his Kiwi opponent. Cameron scored his best win in 2007 with a knockout win over Bob Mirovic in Sydney. WBO heavyweight champion Sultan Ibragimov won a nine round technical decision over the Nigerian in 2005. Former world rated Dominik Guinn was held to a ten round draw by Ahunanya in 2005. Cameron is managed by Ken Reinsfield.

[Bobby]

ahunanya is very durable so it should test shane and give him some solid competition and rounds, i pick cameron but good choice of opponent imo for next step

[Bigcat]

I have been looking at Shane and some of his recent wins , He is a good opponent but not a great one, Friday was messed about when we last went overseas for a fight, they rescheduled our 8 rounder v Povetkin to a 6 that was taylor made for the Olympic champ. Friday has only lost oflate to the finest heavyweights.. Lyachovich, Povetkin, Ibragimov, a draw with Guinn and has never been actuall floored by a punch as a pro or amateur so Shane had better be ready for a long night. The common opponent Walton was stopped early this year in 2 by Tha 13th Ahunanya, whilst he stretched the very inexperienced Cameron, I respect his unbeaten record.. But we come to fight.. God bless..

[Kegsy]

Shane Cameron by KO.
Easy choice this fight IMO.

[maco_187]

i think it will be a hard competitive fight, doesnt ahunya have a massive punch on him?? this will test camerons chin, but goodluck to him, i reckon cameron by ud....

[LeonMcS]

Ever since watching him fight Big Bob with one hand and ko'ing him, I'm a Cameron fan! Sounds like a reasonable step up in opposition, hope he is successful.

[Bigcat]

Shane Cameron by KO.
Easy choice this fight IMO.

Friday has faced 2 world champions , and three olympic medalists, Has floored Mike Tyson and Ruslin Chagaev in the Gym and sparrs regularly with Samuel Peter in his las vegas gym. He has never been floored by a punch in his life and has only been stopped on the advice of a ringside doctor due to a thumbing incidedt where he was winning every round. The current WBO heavyweight champion Sultan Ibragimov had to climb off the floor twice to get a tech decision on cuts caused by a headbut.. The common opponent is James walton whom Shane had to settle for a points win over ten rounds, where Friday got a second round Ko over him only this year ....

I highly doubt Shane has the power to Knock Ahunanya out.. Bob Mirovic is about the best Cameron can muster up a KO over.. Bob must be 46 soon..

Friday is very up for this and i hope Shane is well prepared to go into deep waters because he will be faced with a man for once who he DEFINITELY cant knock over or stop... and definitely has the KO power to stop him at any second of the fight..

A good solid match..

God bless..

[ozziebattler]

Friday has faced 2 world champions , and three olympic medalists, Has floored Mike Tyson and Ruslin Chagaev in the Gym and sparrs regularly with Samuel Peter in his las vegas gym. He has never been floored by a punch in his life and has only been stopped on the advice of a ringside doctor due to a thumbing incidedt where he was winning every round. The current WBO heavyweight champion Sultan Ibragimov had to climb off the floor twice to get a tech decision on cuts caused by a headbut.. The common opponent is James walton whom Shane had to settle for a points win over ten rounds, where Friday got a second round Ko over him only this year ....

I highly doubt Shane has the power to Knock Ahunanya out.. Bob Mirovic is about the best Cameron can muster up a KO over.. Bob must be 46 soon..

Friday is very up for this and i hope Shane is well prepared to go into deep waters because he will be faced with a man for once who he DEFINITELY cant knock over or stop... and definitely has the KO power to stop him at any second of the fight..

A good solid match..

God bless..

Hi friday how are you???:hi:

[Bigcat]

i am great man , how you bro.. peace...

[WhataRock]

I went back watched a bit of Friday and got reacquainted with him before I commented on this fight.

Massive step up for Shane, much more so than Davis.

This is gonna be hard fight for Shane because I think the same problems that Shane had with Walton can reemerge here but against a much better and more credentialed opponant.
Either his managment are taking steps to address those problems and have faith Cameron can overcome them or they arent to sure what Friday will be bringing.
Shane may have to be content with just nicking rounds off a guy like Friday, because his style can be hard for less experienced guys. At home he can be more comfortable knowing that he doesnt have to get desperate, taking risks to dominate rounds, rather he can just set about outworking Friday and doing what he has to.

If Friday comes in good shape and in the right frame of mind it could be a very tough night for Shane.
Either way Shane will be coming in 100% fit and ready.

[Robot16]

Ever since watching him fight Big Bob with one hand and ko'ing him, I'm a Cameron fan! Sounds like a reasonable step up in opposition, hope he is successful.
Yeah that was a good fight.

Friday has faced 2 world champions , and three olympic medalists, Has floored Mike Tyson and Ruslin Chagaev in the Gym and sparrs regularly with Samuel Peter in his las vegas gym. He has never been floored by a punch in his life and has only been stopped on the advice of a ringside doctor due to a thumbing incidedt where he was winning every round. The current WBO heavyweight champion Sultan Ibragimov had to climb off the floor twice to get a tech decision on cuts caused by a headbut.. The common opponent is James walton whom Shane had to settle for a points win over ten rounds, where Friday got a second round Ko over him only this year ....

I highly doubt Shane has the power to Knock Ahunanya out.. Bob Mirovic is about the best Cameron can muster up a KO over.. Bob must be 46 soon..

Friday is very up for this and i hope Shane is well prepared to go into deep waters because he will be faced with a man for once who he DEFINITELY cant knock over or stop... and definitely has the KO power to stop him at any second of the fight..

A good solid match..

God bless..

Co-sign, no way imo that Cameron could ko friday.

[ozziebattler]

i am great man , how you bro.. peace...

So how was it flooring iron mike??how did he react??

And how is going to feel ending shane camerons career??

[maco_187]

is that really friday?? if it is a pleasure to meet ya, i remember now where i heard your a big puncher i think iron mike said you were the hardest hitting heavyweight he had sparred or faced im pretty certain it was that to some extent, big compliment there must of been happy with that....
just curious how many actual fighters post on these forums like pro boxers? would be interesting to see?

[Bigcat]

I am actually not Friday, I am a close friend and will be with Friday tomorrow evening, I help him out with preparations for most of his fights.. I went to Manheim with him and worked his corner for the Povetkin fight and helped out in the corner for the Ibragimov fight (where we dropped the new champ twice before losing on a cut eye after a head but..) The best night we had as far as clean knockouts goes was a KO loss over Thomas Williams in Ft Lauderdale Florida where we were co main event .. That fight went like clockwork.. we wanted a few rounds and good boxing but Friday caught flu overnight because he left the window open in his hotel suite and slept in a draft.. He said to me that morning while snifling " I am going to mess this guy up quick so we can go home." He almost decapitated the DC heavy who commented "Man Ahunanya , you hit me like a Mack truck.." I didn't see it coming....... Friday is very up for this one and sees this like he did the Ibragimov fight as a chance to get back in the big time.. Cameron had better be ready.. Friday has been sparring Sammy Peter and Sergei.. Cameron is in trouble.

God bless... Stephen J... (team Ahunanya)

[ipswich express]

Friday has been sparring Sammy Peter and Sergei

Ouch...this will test Cameron out in a big, big way. If Friday comes in shape it's going to be one helluva fight.

[Bigcat]

Friday is in NZ as we speak, i spent a 2 week period with him sparing Teke Oruh an unbeaten Goosen heavyweight and Arthur Cook.. Friday is very confident and ready to launch a nice indian summer to his unbeaten streak, Cameron and Friday sparred in the USA years ago , and Friday although much more advanced did praise the young gun but in no way sees what the big deal is. He cuts, and will as he puts it have zero chance of a KO over Friday.. I hope Shane is prepared , Friday is very focussed and early to arrive in NZ, he is very happy with this event taking place especially over 12 rounds, he loves plenty of rounds to work on kis like Cameron, he is focussing on letting his hands go a lot more in this fight.. I hope Shane doesn't cut in this one , it would be a damn shame........

[Sai]

Its going to go the distance thats for sure. How pretty the last few rounds are going to be is anyones guess. A battle of conditioning looks like its going to be the way this pans out. May the fittest man win

[Hmmm]

If its going to be the same Cameron that KO'd Mirovic after fighting with a broken hand then he will win. If its the same Cameron that got the decision with Walton then I cant see him winning.

His fight against bob was his standout performance. I remember quite clearly how early in the fight his hand broke and he was hooking bob to death :D

The nigerian is farken sturdy. He's the heavyweight equivalent of Ndou. A dangerous journeyman who can give the better fighters trouble.

Will be a very interesting fight.

[Bigcat]

Friday has shared the ring a few times with a young Cameron and knows that one thing he has to expect is good fitness and apt work rate, he will need it if he is going to cope with the guy we had in the gym last week, he is all good to go 12 at a breeze if he needs to. The bleeding is going to be a problem for Shane if he decides to mix it up.. Has anyone seen how Friday anhiallated Walton only a few months ago.. Shane ever seen our guy fight.??? I truly wonder why they chose Ahunanya.. They should have listened to Gary Shaw and stayed on the American steady progress route.. Ignorance may be the guys downfall.. I have to respect his self beleif , God bless.

[Bigcat]

Not long now, Shane weighed in lighter than Friday who came in at a solid 230lbs, just over 104 kg's . In about 9 hours time the fight takes place.. I am unable to watch the event because i reside in the UK.. I would love it if someone could keep me posted with any coments surrounding a result or info on how the fight is going..... I honestly need Friday to come through this fight unscathed, we trained hard for this and its a last chance saloon at the highest level having fallen short against Lyachovich ( lost pts) Ibragimov (lost cuts) Povetkin (lost pts over 6) We have come a long way and it would be a shame for him to bow out having not won a portion of a championship.. Friday has been under my watchful eye for over 11 years and we met in 1996 in Las Vegas whilst he was being trained by Johnny Tocco and Tyrone Boone , sparring with Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis to name but a few.. any info regards tonights event would be great.. i am kinda anxious on the result.. I left him when he flew to NZ last wednesday... Cameron in my humble opinion is a bit too raw to force a victory over Friday who has never been put on the floor by a punch as an amateur , pro or even in sparring...
God bless....

[maco_187]

bigcat, i dont think anyone from here is in nz and getting a feed of the fight however im sure if someone finds out a result theyll let ya know straight away....

[LeonMcS]

I'm not so sure, don't the generators get turned off at 9pm in UnZed?

[left hook 75]

I'm not so sure, don't the generators get turned off at 9pm in UnZed?:roll:

[ozziebattler]

I swear bigcat is friday.
I said hello friday and goodluck with your upcoming fight a few weeks ago, he replied hello and thankyou for the well wishes.

Big cat aint fooling me.

[Bigcat]

Thankyou for the information, i am very grateful

[pecks]

Good to see you back blocky. :good

The forum was lost without you.

[Bigcat]

He trained very hard for this one, his sparring was fabulous..

[Bigcat]

The one thing i kept emphasizing was to keep throwing lots of shots and stay very busy............

[Kegsy]

Cheers for the updates Blocky.

[Bigcat]

Has Ed Mahone or Layla McCarter fought yet (female fight..?) she is fridays teammate..

[Bigcat]

yes updates very much appreciated...this fight is very important..

[Bigcat]

He needs to be a lot more active, He has to take a lot more of the initiative ..Friday needs to let the hands go quicker and invest a few winning rounds on workrate..

[Kegsy]

So was the cut from a clash of heads or a punch??

[Bigcat]

for christs sake Friday, up the workrate, smash open his defence with the jab and land that uppercut like we worked on.. Jesus..

[Kegsy]

Punches.

Cameron cuts up very very easily.
Cheers.

Sounds like a classic match.:deal

[Thirdgeary]

Very exciting round by round, Good work mate!

[Bigcat]

for gods sake press the action 13th.. don't let up on him.. take him out of there bro..

[Bigcat]

info much appreciated my friends in NZ.............

[ozziebattler]

Fuck sounds like a good bout.spewing im missing this.

[Kegsy]

Friday Wins!!!

[Bigcat]

you need a big round big guy.. cmon

[Bigcat]

tko for real

[Kegsy]

What a win for Friday, should make Bigcat very proud.:happy :happy

[Bigcat]

result

[ozziebattler]

Im shocked...

Cameron blew it...

What a fight for me to miss,and what heart shown by friday by the sounds of things.

[Thirdgeary]

Sounded like fight of the year! Madness.
Blew my bloody joker on Cameron too.

[Kegsy]

Wonder wats next for Ahunanya...:think

He has to try & face another fringe contender of some sort to get a higher world ranking.:deal

[Robot16]

Friday Wins!!!

WooHoo. Go Friday i thought he might lose a decision ther.

Thanks for the great rd by rd mate.

[Bigcat]

OMG delighted , thanks for everyone who gave me valuable info....

[Kegsy]

OMG delighted , thanks for everyone who gave me valuable info....Gotta get over to your man Friday to celebrate.:mj:mj

[left hook 75]

Awesome updates Blocky.Not being able to watch it,still got a sense of the drama with your posts.Cheers.

[Kegsy]

Awesome updates Blocky.Not being able to watch it,still got a sense of the drama with your posts.Cheers.No shit.
That was like 1 of the better round by round reports i have ever heard.

Drinks to Blocky.:drink

[ozziebattler]

Its always interesting to see how one rebounds from their 1st loss.Be even more interesting seeing where shane goes after the losing via tko,and the serious cuts problem..

Good luck to shane cameron and i truely hope this loss makes him become a better fighter.

Full props to Friday who by the sounds of things waited for the right time towards the late rounds with great heart and steamrolled over cameron..

[WhataRock]

Congrats friday big win for him.

Shame about Cameron, exciting fighter to watch but these are obvioulsy the kind of guys he should be avoiding.
Hope he bounces back.

[left hook 75]

Anyone gotta link to the fight yet?

[Bobby]

sounds like a great fight, shanes fight vs another nigerian roger izon was amazing, i was on undercard, he is having some trouble with his skin which is something you cant train to improve on, i am really surprised friday kncoked him out, shane has always had such a good chin

[crash]

bad luck 4 shane,,these cuts are a bit worrying,,,,wonder wheather he can regain the momentum ..

[Hmmm]

Seriously, There needs to be some serious investigation into placing ads on the canvas!!!! Same shit happened at the Mundine/Green Fight with that big F*$k-off sized crazy johns logo.

For f#$ks sake!

[Hmmm]

any pics of a post fight shane?

[maco_187]

fuckn spewing for shane, sounds like he was winning the fight pretty comfortably on the cards, its always hard if your a bleeder like cameron is your always worried, well done friday thouhg he always was a big puncher....
hope someone finds a link for the fight and posts it....

[Robot16]

Congrats friday big win for him.

Shame about Cameron, exciting fighter to watch but these are obvioulsy the kind of guys he should be avoiding.
Hope he bounces back.

Yeah but imo he cant avoid these fighters, if he wants to be the best and prove he is a top dog, he needs to take these people out or show that he is a cut above them (no pun intended).

Yeah i have heard roger izon has been in some good fights.

[Robot16]

From Fightnews

Ahunanya upsets Cameron!
November 2, 2007
By Eugene Carnachan
In a fight for the regional Asia Pacific title, New Zealand's world-rated heavyweight Shane Cameron (19-1, 17 KOs) was stopped in a barnstormer by Las Vegas-based Nigerian Friday Ahunanya (23-5-3, 12 KOs) on Friday at the Sky City Convention Center in Auckland, New Zealand.
A lot of leather was thrown by the two superbly conditioned big men. The third round saw Ahunanya open up cut of the eye of the previously unbeaten Cameron, who is well known for his capacity to cut easily. The first two-thirds of the fight were dominated by the busier Cameron. His aggressive style was effective in tying up Ahunanya. However the wily Nigerian veteran was able to stay in the fight with some heavy shots of his own and his right hand uppercut he was looking to time on the bullish Cameron was particularly effective. As the fight came down the stretch Ahunanya started landing big shots in flurries. Cameron rallied and tried to steal back the momentum with some big rights of his own but when mid-way through the ninth round Ahunanya caught Cameron with a big right hand and then followed that up with a volley of shots to the head the tide started shifting in favour of the Nigerian.
Cameron, cut again in this onslaught, was bleeding heavily. Cameron never really recovered from this round and while willing he was being whittled down with some thunderous shots by the oncoming Ahunanya. In the tenth and eleventh Cameron was in survival mode. The twelfth round saw Cameron again caught by a big right hand and he was sent to the canvas for the first time in his 20 fight career. He managed to get to his feet but Ahunanya knew exactly what to do and dispatched him with a couple more heavy shots. Cameron's first loss and an impressive win for the 35-year-old Ahunanya.
This was Cameron's first big step up in class and an attempt by his management team to pave a way to big time cards in America. Those plans with for the short term be put on the back burner. His management team may have to look at dropping some weight and having the relatively small heavyweight campaign in the cruiser division where with his heavy hands and aggressive style he would be a test for any cruiser.
On the undercard, one time contender Ed Mahone had his hands full with local heavy Seuite Mailata. This fight could have been fought in toilet cubicle. Neither man taking a backward step and both swinging from the bleaches. Mahone appeared hurt in the second round but came back to hurt Mailata later that round. Mahone landed some big shots and looked to have Mailata out on a number of occasions but Mailata stayed on his feet and kept swinging right to the closing bell of what was a very entertaining fight.

[Diomedes]

I think the fight should have been stopped on cuts actually. The blood on Shane's face, and in his eyes was insane. I've long thought that even if he has the skill, power, heart and conditioning to be a top 10 heavyweight, Shane doesnt have the skin for it. Tragic.

The ring was farcically slippery. Absolutely ridiculous, a number of times just moving around those guys were slipping and sliding, let alone if they were trying to throw something. There's no doubt that Shane was saved a number of times when he was in trouble by the slippery canvas.

[Diomedes]

Shane's face has always cut up that bad, his ring crew would point to other fights to the referee, it's just the way he cuts so they weren't going to stop on cuts unless something was really really bad.

I would think that at the point where the blood is interfering with vision - which it undoubtedly was - that presents a stop-worthy problem. How many big right hands did Shane eat because his vision was fucked?

[Bobby]

i havent seen friday fight but if you see roger izon fight his eyes were really really bad

[WhataRock]

Yeah but imo he cant avoid these fighters, if he wants to be the best and prove he is a top dog, he needs to take these people out or show that he is a cut above them (no pun intended).

Yeah i have heard roger izon has been in some good fights.

I mean more from a style point of view.

He should stick to fighting sluggers, there are easier ways to get to the top.

[Dumi]

Wow that shit was brutal. His whole face looked like a damn crashsite. He's a nice guy - met him once here in Auckland. Handshake almost ripped my arm off!

[Shamrock]

The surface of the ring proved a handicap for friday in this fight, indeed he slipped over and on his ass 3 times. The boots he was wearing caused him a lot more grief than did Cameron, I believe had he been able to get real traction in some of those rounds, he would have had Cameron out of there much faster. Many times the ground traction denied friday his natural punching power and Cameron was able to look better in there than he actually was.

Some boxing ware soles are inappropiate for some types of ring coverings, especially when wet. Cameron didn't have quite the same problem. Cameron stopped slipping so much and became the target from about mid rounds on, and of course friday was allowing him to extend himself a bit before going after him.

Cameron just simply didn't belong in that type of fight at this point of his career, too many light breakfasts. Now whats he gunna do :huh
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[Bigcat]

Yes , there is nothing worse than battling the ring surface as well as an unbeaten live contender in his own backyard.. Friday never has it easy and has always had to overcome obsticles to get to where he is today.. Its all credit to him beating Cameron eventually..