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 bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

who competed between 2004 and 2013. She held the WBC female

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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 Diana Prazak (born 20 July 1979) is an Australian professional boxer who held the WBC female super-featherweight title from 2013 to 2014. She is the first Australian boxer to have been ranked as the best active boxer, pound-for-pound, by BoxR ...

, suffering a

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. Wallberg was treated at

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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

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