Danielle Perkins (born August 30, 1982) is an American professional boxer, who has held the WBA 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.
On February 2, 2025, Claressa Shields faced Perkins for the undisputed 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.