Klara Svensson (born 15 October 1987) is a Swedish

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. She held the WBC

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title from 2014 to 2015, the WBC interim

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title from September 2016 to February 2017, and challenged for the

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welterweight title in the same month. As an

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she is a five-time Swedish national champion, a two-time medallist at the

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and a three-time medallist at the

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, all in the light-welterweight division."Klara Svensson"
(in Swedish).

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. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

Early life and amateur career

Svensson was born and raised in

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, south of

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.Lukins, Emma (28 April 2015)
"Listen ska ge Svensson VM-titeln"
(in Swedish). ''

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''. Stampen AB. Retrieved 28 March 2016. She was regarded as one of the best and most promising young Swedish boxers thanks to her successful amateur career, during which she won a medal in every

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event in which she participated. At the 2006 World Championships she won a silver medal, which was followed by bronze at both the

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and

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events. She also won bronze and silver at the

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and 2007 European Championships, respectively.

Professional career

Svensson is currently signed to Sauerland Promotion, and is trained by former professional boxer

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. She made her professional debut on 11 June 2011, winning a four-round

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(UD) over Andrea Rotaru, who also debuted. In her sixth fight, on 22 February 2013, Svensson won the vacant

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title by defeating Floarea Lihet via ten-round UD. Svensson scored six wins in 2013, and on 13 September 2014 would win the WBC

super-lightweight title in a UD over Marie Riederer. One defence of the title was made, in a UD against Lucia Morelli on 29 November 2014. This subsequently earned Svensson an opportunity to fight for the full WBC female super-lightweight title, held by

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. Svensson lost the bout by UD, which took place on 2 May 2015, and was also knocked down by Farias in the fifth round.Malmkvist, Alexander (2 May 2015)
"Klara Svensson föll mot Farias"
(in Swedish).

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. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

* at Sauerland Promotion * {{DEFAULTSORT:Svensson, Klara Swedish women boxers Living people 1987 births Sportspeople from Malmö AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships medalists Lightweight boxers Light-welterweight boxers Welterweight boxers