3 days ago

Danielle Perkins Stops Che Kenneally in Round 6 to Win WBA Light Heavyweight Title

Perkins turned trash talk into a title, stopping Kenneally for the WBA light heavyweight belt. The 43-year-old rebounded from last year’s Claressa Shields loss at heavyweight, cutting to 175 after recent 178-pound bouts. Kenneally entered 5-0, but fell to a sixth-round KO at 1:45. Perkins (6-1) now targets unification quickly: “This weight class is small… doesn’t have an extended talent bench.”