Danielle Perkins
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| Born | August 30, 1982 | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Weight class | Heavyweight | |||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Southpaw | |||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Win by KO | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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Danielle Perkins (born August 30, 1982) is an American professional boxer. As an amateur she won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Championships and gold the following year.[2]
Professional boxing career
Perkins made her professional debut on August 20, 2020, scoring a four-round unanimous decision (UD) victory against Monika Harrison at the Kronk Gym in Detroit, Michigan.[3]
On February 2, 2025, Claressa Shields faced Perkins for the undisputed heavyweight championship at Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan.[4] Shields scored the fight's lone knockdown in the waning seconds of the tenth round and won the bout by unanimous decision with the judges' scorecards reading 97-92, 99-90, and 100-89- all for Shields.[5] Thanks to the victory, she became the only three-division undisputed champion, male or female, of the four-belt era,[6] as well as the first female undisputed heavyweight champion ever.[7]
Professional boxing record
| 6 fights | 5 wins | 1 loss |
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| By knockout | 2 | 0 |
| By decision | 3 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Monika Harrison | UD | Mar 5, 2021 |  Dort Federal Event Centre, Flint, U.S.
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| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Princess Hairston | KO | 5 (6), 1:41 | Dec 3, 2020 | Wild Card Boxing, Los Angeles, U.S.
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| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Monika Harrison | UD | 4 | Aug 20, 2020 | Kronk Gym, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
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References
- ^ "Boxing record for Danielle Perkins". BoxRec.
- ^ Price, Karen (October 13, 2019). "Danielle Perkins Defeats Chinese Rival To Win First Boxing World Title". Team USA. Archived from the original on 2019-10-13. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ "Vladimir Shishkin Stops Rojas: Kerefov, Milton Win Big". BoxingScene.com. August 20, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ "BoxingScene - Latest Boxing News, Fights, Results & Rankings". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ "CompuBox punch stats: Claressa Shields-Danielle Perkins". www.boxingscene.com. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ "Claressa Shields beats Danielle Perkins to become boxing's first undisputed women's heavyweight champion". Yahoo Sports. 2025-02-03. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ "Claressa Shields vs Danielle Perkins Results: GWOAT Creates History With Spectacular Win". KO On SI. February 3, 2025.
- ^ https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/886668
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