{{Short description|Welsh boxer (born 2004)}} {{Infobox boxer |name=Victoria Perkins |image= |image_size= |caption= |nationality = {{flagicon|Wales}} Welsh |birth_date={{Birth date and age|2004|1|14|df=y}} |nickname=VIP |weight=Super-bantamweight |height=6ft |style=Orthodox |boxrec=1189553 |wins=3 |losses=1 }}
'''Victoria Perkins''' (born 14 January 2004) is a Welsh professional boxer. She became the first British Boxing Board of Control sanctioned Welsh female champion by defeating Ashleigh Johnson 97–93 on points for the inaugural super-bantamweight title at Selwyn Samuel Centre, Llanelli, on 17 August 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sheboxes.com/fight-reviews/victoria-perkins-makes-history-as-the-first-ever-womens-welsh-champion/ |title=Victoria Perkins Makes History as the First Ever Women’s Welsh Champion |work=sheboxes.com}}</ref><ref name=teenage>{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/boxing/teenage-sporting-sensation-grew-up-29916665 |title=Teenage sporting sensation grew up to become the woman behind the mask |work=Wales Online}}</ref> Perkins was previously a kickboxer who won an under-18s world title aged 13<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/13-year-old-schoolgirl-beaten-13347923 |title=A 13-year-old schoolgirl has won an 18-year-old world kick-boxing title |work=Wales Online}}</ref> and went on to amass two more global championships prior to switching sports.<ref name=teenage/>
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