Claressa Shields WBC crown defence confirmed for February
Multiple world champion Claressa Shields will defend her WBC heavyweight crown against Danielle Perkins on February 2.
The fight will take place at the Dort Financial Center in Shields’ hometown of Flint, Michigan and will stream live on DAZN.
Claressa has a record of 15-0 (3 KOs) and won her heavyweight crown in July with a destructive second-round knockout victory over Vanessa Lepage Joanisse.
Perkins, who has a record of 5-0 (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.