Frida Wallberg

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Frida Wallberg born April 28, 1983 in Åtvidaberg in Östergötland, Sweden, is a Swedish boxer. She is 169 cm tall and weighs 63 kg.

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 is currently in the lightweight champion of WIBF.

27 November 2010 Frida defeated the Canadian boxer Olivia Gerula, which meant that Frida Wallberg took over the coveted WBC belt.[1][2]

Hemorrhage

In June 2013, Wallberg was knocked out by Australian boxer Diana Prazak, suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. Wallberg was treated at Karolinska Institutet for the damages. The doctors successfully drained the blood, and she did get treatment in the hospital.[3] 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.[4]

External links

References

  1. ↑ WBC Talks about the Wallberg-Gerula fight in Sweden
  2. ↑ Article about the match (in Swedish)
  3. ↑ "Vi vet inte när vi ska väcka henne". Aftonbladet.se. 15 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Wallberg exklusivt: 'Vill vara den Frida jag alltid varit'". SVT.se. 21 July 2013.
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