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5'6" Frida Wallberg from Gøteborg, Sweden (born April 28 1983) had a very successful amateur
boxing career,
compiling a 48-5 record at the national and international levels before turning pro as a lightweight in February 2004.
She fought Canadian national champion and current pro boxer Jaime Clampitt in the first leg of the Canada-Sweden Dual in Sudbury/Azilda, Ontario on March 24, 1999, losing by an 11-5 decision, but went on to defeat Canada's Tanya Robertson by a 15-9 score three days later in Toronto. On May 15, 1999 at the international Feenix Cup tournament in Turku, Finland, she avenged her loss to Jaime Clampitt by defeating her 10-6 in the tournament semifinal. She then went on to defeat Anna Gutierrez of the USA by a 12-6 score to win the tournament title. She lost to Myriam Lamare of France in the 63.5 kg (139-lb) semifinal of the Feenix Box Cup in October 2001 but she avenged this loss in December by winning the 63.5-kg world title at the inaugural AIBA world championship in Scranton, Pennsylvania, edging out Lamare by a 12-10 score. Wallberg had defeated Terhi Luka of Finland (16-1), Joy Liu of the USA (15-3) and Cristina Cerpi of Italy (12-8) to reach the world title bout with Lamare.
Frida made her pro debut on February 6, 2004 at Falconer Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark. Weighing in at 131 lbs, she scored a second-round TKO over Maribel Santana (130¾ lbs) of the Dominican Republic when Santana retired after the first round, owing to blurred vision in her left eye. Santana fell to 1-1-1 with the loss. On March 13, 2004 at Bröndby Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark, Frida (133 lbs) won a four-round unanimous (40-36,40-36,40-36) decision over Viktoria Olenik (130 lbs) of Kiev, Ukraine. Wallberg said she wasn't fully satisfied with her victory, “I was too tense and nervous and I put too much effort into landing a single knockout punch”, she told Aftonbladet, adding that she had a minor cold and could not come up to her usual standard of performance. Olenik also had an awkward style that gave Wallberg some problems and she got more into the fight as Wallberg appeared to tire. Olenik fell to 0-4-1 with the loss. On April 3, 2004 at SAS Radisson Hotel in Aarhus, Denmark, Frida (128½ lbs) won a four-round unanimous (40-36) decision over Sharon Gaines (126½ lbs) of Kansas City, Missouri, USA, who fell to 2-1-0 (0 KO). WBAN's European Correspondent Torben L. reported that Wallberg won by using her extra height and reach very well.
On November 12, 2004 at Brøndby Hallen in Copenhagen, Denmark
On April 15, 2005 at KB Hallen in Copenhagen, Denmark, Frida
In July 2007 WBAN reported that Frida was back in training after giving birth to a baby girl on March 30, 2007 and was hoping to return to boxing. Her actual return to the pro ring was delayed until September 17, 2010 at Pabellon Municipal Villa de Onda in Onda, Spain. Frida (134½ lbs) took on Irina Boldea (132¼ lbs) of Târgu Jiu, Romania, in a scheduled six-rounder. Boldea retired at the start of the fourth round after being down in the second and third rounds. Boldea dropped to 1-2-1 (0 KO's) with the loss. On September 24, 2010 at Sundsta Idrottshus in Karlstad, Sweden, Frida (134¼ lbs) won a six-round unanimous decision over Nicole Boss (134½ lbs) of Wohlen, Switzerland, who fell to 5-3-1 (4 KO's). On November 27, 2010 at Johanneshov, Stockholm, Sweden, Frida (128½ lbs) took on Olivia Gerula (128 lbs) of Winnipeg, Canada for the WBC Junior Lightweight title. There were several controversial aspects to this fight. First, the WBC sanctioned an eight-round fight for its world title in deference to Swedish rules which for many years had banned professional boxing altogether and only recently allowed women's competition with limits to the lengths of the fights. (The last 8-round fight in Sweden had been in 1967). Second, the "historic" fight's unanimous (77-75,78-75,78-75) decision for the home-standing Frida was controversial. Gerula, who had negotiated a 10-round rematch outside Sweden into her fight contract told WBAN "I believe I have just played a part in a much bigger picture and now the WBC will again make progressive history with the 10 round rematch clause that was put into contract. And it is my only conciliation that when the rematch takes place this decision will be put to rights!" Frida Wallberg improved her pro record to 9-0 (2 KO's) with the decision while Gerula slipped to 13-11-2.(3 KO's).
Since 1969, Sweden is one of five countries that have banned professional boxing (the others are Cuba, North Korea, Iceland and Norway). Paradoxically, the late-20th century revival of women's amateur boxing was pioneered by the Swedish Amateur Boxing Association, which first sanctioned women's events in 1988 and held its first women's national amateur championship in 1994. Frida Wallberg had the benefits of an extensive and highly competitive amateur career to prepare her to face the best in her weight class ... but she is likely to have to spend her entire pro career fighting on foreign soil. Frida is trained by Tobias Asklöf and promoted by Bettina Palle. To check out fight reports, complete up-to-date boxing records, with huge digital photos you can go to the WBAN Records Member Site Page last updated: Friday September 30, 2011 |
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Frida
was a two time winner of the Nordic Women's Championship and a six-time (1998 to
2003) Swedish National Champion, boxing out of the Åtvidaberg Boxing Club. She
won the Swedish 63.5-kg title in December 1998 with a 5-2 victory over Annika
Weman, and in December 1999 with a RSC-2 victory over F. Gjörstrup.
On June 17, 2005 at the SAS Radisson in Aarhus, Denmark, Frida
