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| Nickname | New Era | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 30, 1982 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Boxing career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reach | 72 in (183 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Southpaw | |||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Win by KO | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Danielle Perkins (born August 30, 1982) is an American professional boxer, who has held the WBA female light-heavyweight title since February 2026. As an amateur she won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Championships and gold the following year.
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.
In her third professional fight, Perkins faced Monika Harrison in a rematch of her pro-debut at Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan, on March 5, 2021, with the vacant WBC Silver female heavyweight title on the line. She won the eight-round contest by unanimous decision.
On February 2, 2025, Claressa Shields faced Perkins for the undisputed female heavyweight championship at Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan. 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. Thanks to the victory, she became the only three-division undisputed champion, male or female, of the four-belt era, as well as the first female undisputed heavyweight champion ever.
Perkins challenged WBA female light-heavyweight female champion Che Kenneally at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, on February 22, 2026. She knocked her opponent to the canvas in the sixth round and, although Kenneally got back to her feet, the referee decided she was not fit to continue and called a halt to the bout, awarding Perkins the win by technical knockout.
| 7 fights | 6 wins | 1 loss |
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| By knockout | 3 | 0 |
| By decision | 3 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 7 | Win | 6–1 | Che Kenneally | TKO | 6 (10), 1:45 | Feb 22, 2026 | Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Won WBA female light-heavyweight title |
| 6 | Loss | 5–1 | Claressa Shields | UD | 10 | Feb 2, 2025 | Dort Financial Center, Flint, Michigan, U.S. | For WBC, WBF, vacant IBF, inaugural WBA and WBO female heavyweight titles |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Christianne Fahey | UD | 6 | Jul 27, 2024 | Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Timea Nagy | TKO | 2 (6), 1:42 | Mar 1, 2024 | County Coliseum, El Paso, Texas, U.S. | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Monika Harrison | UD | 8 | Mar 5, 2021 | Dort Financial Center, Flint, Michigan, U.S. | Won vacant WBC Silver female heavyweight title |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Princess Hairston | KO | 5 (6), 1:41 | Dec 3, 2020 | Wild Card Boxing, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Monika Harrison | UD | 4 | Aug 20, 2020 | Kronk Gym, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
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