The volcanic ash closure of Britain's airspace prevented him from a lucrative deal to promote jeans with Georgia May Jagger. 

That was one entry in his diary he had to put a line through. But he'll make sure he won't be missing a slightly less glamorous appointment tomorrow night.

He is boxing at Coventry Skydome against Mansfield-based Latvian Alex Spitko. Cameron says: "I'd always wanted to go to New York and Jagger's people saw me in a magazine and asked me to do some modelling. "We had to call it off after what happened; it was disappointing but they said they'd come back to me."

Cameron insists his boxing career takes precedence. "I never let anything get in the way of boxing" he said. "If I got paid £10,000 a modelling picture, boxing would still come first.

"I know Spitko is dangerous. He lost by one point to Kreshnik Qato - who won the WBF middleweight title last year."

Cameron expects a hectic start. "He comes at you at 100mph, looking to take your head off" he said. "He goes looking for a KO and doesn't worry about his own defence. "He comes at you in straight lines so I'll be looking to pick him off from angles."