Frida Wallberg (born April 28, 1983) is a Swedish former
professional boxer
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...
who competed between 2004 and 2013. She held the
WBC female
super-featherweight
Super featherweight, also known as junior lightweight, is a boxing weight classes, weight division in professional boxing, contested between and .
The super featherweight division was established by the New York Walker Law in 1920, although firs ...
title from 2010 to 2013.
Career
As an amateur, she won 48 of 53 matches before she turned pro in 2004. She has won the Nordic championship two times and the Swedish championship six times and, as a professional on 27 November 2010, Frida defeated the Canadian boxer Olivia Gerula for the
WBC belt.
Hemorrhage
In June 2013, Wallberg was knocked out by Australian boxer
Diana Prazak, suffering a
cerebral hemorrhage
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as hemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain (i.e. the parenchyma), into its ventricles, or into both. An ICH is a type of bleeding within the skull and one kind of stro ...
. Wallberg was treated at
Karolinska Institutet
The Karolinska Institute (KI; ; sometimes known as the (Royal) Caroline Institute in English) is a research-led medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area of Sweden and one of the foremost medical research institutes globally. ...
for the damage. The doctors successfully drained the blood. Over a month later she revealed in an interview that she had suffered complications from the knock out and she had no long-term plans for the future besides to rehabilitate and recover.
"Wallberg exklusivt: 'Vill vara den Frida jag alltid varit'"
SVT.se. 21 July 2013.
Professional boxing record
References
External links
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1983 births
Sportspeople from Östergötland County
Swedish women boxers
Living people
People with traumatic brain injuries
Super-featherweight boxers
World super-featherweight boxing champions
World Boxing Council champions
AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships medalists
21st-century Swedish sportswomen
People from Åtvidaberg Municipality