Patricia Berghult Svensson (born 2 May 1994) is a Swedish

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who has held the WBC female

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title since November 2021. As of April 2020, she is ranked as the world's sixth best active female super-welterweight by

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Professional career

Berghult made her professional debut on 18 December 2015, scoring a four round

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victory over Sara Marjanovic at the Rosvalla Arena in

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, Sweden. After compiling a record of 13–0 (3 KO), Berghult challenged IBO

champion

Hannah Rankin Hannah Rankin (born 21 July 1990) is a Scottish professional boxer and bassoonist. She has held the WBA female super-welterweight title since November 2021. She has also held the IBO title in 2019 and challenged for the WBA female super-midd ...

on 27 November 2019 at the Hotel Intercontinental in St. Julian's, Malta, with the vacant WBC

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title also on the line. In a fight that saw Rankin suffer a knockdown from a left hook in the first-round, Berghult won via unanimous decision over ten rounds, with the judges scoring the bout 96–93, 95–94 and 94–93.

Professional boxing record

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berghult, Patricia Living people 1994 births Sportspeople from Malmö Swedish women boxers Light-middleweight boxers International Boxing Organization champions