Multiple-division world champion Claressa Shields will defend her WBC heavyweight crown against Danielle Perkins on February 2nd. The fight will take place at the Dort Financial Center in Shields’ hometown of Flint, Michigan and will stream live on DAZN. [For women, the WBC considers anything above 175 pounds to be the heavyweight division]. Shields has a record of 15-0 with 3 KOs and won the WBC heavyweight crown in July with a second-round knockout victory over Vanessa Lepage Joanisse.

 

Perkins, who has a record of 5-0 with 2 KOs, is from Brooklyn, New York and a former standout college basketball player. She turned to boxing after recovering from a life-changing car accident. Perkins won a unanimous decision over Christianne Fahey on the preliminary card of the Shields-Joanisse fight in July.