Frida Wallberg
Frida Wallberg ( born April 28, 1983 in Åtvidaberg ) is a Swedish boxer. It was 2001 World Champion of amateur boxers and 2010 Profiboxverbandes WBC.
Career
Amateur
Frida Wallberg, nicknamed the " Golden Girl " began in her hometown Åtvidaberg at the age of 13 years with the boxes. It is thus with Asa Sandell and Anna Laurell one of the pioneers of women's boxing in Sweden. At 15, she was in the 1998 Swedish National Champion Senior at Light Welterweight (then to 63.5 kg of body weight). Throughout her career she was until 2003 then another five times Swedish champion.
In March 1999, her international career began as an amateur boxer. It started on 24 March 1999 in Greater Sudbury in a meet against Canada and subject to the older and much more experienced Jaime Clampitt just on points. On March 27, 1999, she defeated in Toronto as part of other countries struggle Tanja Robertsson on points. At that time, international Boxturniere for women were still a rarity. One of these events took place in May 1999 in Turku / Finland instead, the so-called " Feenix Cup". Frida Wallberg won there in half Welter about Jaime Clampitt ( 10:6 ) on points, so she was able to avenge their defeat at the international contest in Sudbury. In the final of this tournament, she defeated then even Anna Guiterrez from the United States to points ( 12:6 ) and so was the tournament winner.
In 2000 Frida Wallberg was in Uppsala with a demolition victory id First round of the finals on Bettina Hansen from Norway Nordic Champion in Welterweight. In the same year she also won in Macon at the 2nd Women's European Cup, a forerunner competition at the European Championships in the same weight class with point victories over Ildiko Bado, Hungary ( 8:1), Myriam Lamare, France ( 4:3) and Liliya Tscharapowa, Russia ( 7:3). In April 2001, the first European Championships for women were held in Saint- Amand- les -Eaux. Frida Wallberg met in the quarterfinals to Myriam Lamare and subject to this by points ( 6:10 ), so they only came on the 5th Place. When Feenix tournament in October 2001 in Turku they met again in the semifinals on Myriam Lamare and subject to this again on points. In the second Weltemsiterschaften of women in December 2001 in Scranton / USA then defeated in the light welterweight Terhi Luhka, Finland ( 16:1 ), Joy Liu, United States ( 15:3 ), Christina Cerpi, Italy ( 12:8 ) and in the final Myrian Lamare ( 12:10 ) and became world champion at age 18.
Apart from two Swedish championships, they still won in 2002 and 2003, this was their last success in the amateur field. Overall, they played as an amateur boxer 53 fights, of which they won 48.
Professional area
Frida Wallberg earned their first professional fight on February 6, 2004 at the Falconer Center in Copenhagen and won there in the super-featherweight about Maribel Santana from the Dominican Republic, forced to retire because of a serious eyebrow injury during the break for the second round. On March 13, 2004, she landed in the Brondby -Hallen in Copenhagen a clear points victory over Wiktoria Oleinik from Ukraine. On April 3, 2004, she won the SAS Radisson in Aarhus / Denmark on the American Sharon Gaines clearly on points. A clear points victory she also in her fourth fight they played in the Brondby -Hallen on November 12, 2004. She suggested there the Bulgarian Stojanka Krastewa.
On June 17, 2005 she played at the SAS Radisson in Aarhus against the Kenyan Fatuma Zarika a fight for the vacant WIBF Intercontinental super featherweight title. In the ten rounds continuous battle they won eight rounds and won with this clear point win her first international title at the professional boxers.
After this victory they could for various reasons, including it was on 20 March 2007 mother of her daughter Nellie, for several years incur no fights. A planned comeback had to be postponed. This comeback then took place in Valencia / Spain on 17 September 2010. She defeated there, the Romanian Irina Boldea by task in the 4th round. On September 24, 2010, she boxed as a professional boxer for the first time in Sweden. In Sundstra Idrottshus in Karlstad they triumphed over Nicole Boss from Switzerland over six rounds convincingly on points. On November 27 2010 she was given a chance in Johanneshov in Stockholm against Olivia Gerula from Canada for the WBC women's super- featherweight title fight. She managed it after eight rounds a points victory, which she was new world champion of this association.
Frida Wallberg is coached by Tobias Askeloew. Their managers were or are Wally Munteanu and Bettina Palle.
Swell
- Trade journal Box Sports
- Website "www - amateur -boxing - strefa.pl "
- Website by Frida Wallberg
- Website " boxrec.com "