Denmark's Dina Thorslund, born on
October 14, 1993, began her boxing career in the amateur ranks with
about ten 10 amateur bouts. She then turned pro on February 28, 2015, where
she fought her professional debut against Czech Petra Podráská at the Boxsporthalle Braamkamp in
Hamburg. Thorslund won the fight via first-round technical
knockout by TKO.
She then proceeded to have
another four pro bouts in 2015, defeating all her opponents by
either unanimous decisions or TKO's. In 2016 she managed
to have only two pro fights, winning both by KO and TKO.
In 2017 she had three pro fights accumulating one KO and two by
unanimous decision. Some overviews of her fights are listed below.
Making a huge impact
in the sport she fought a very tough opponent, Alicia Ashley of
New York. On March 10, 2018,
at the Struer Arena, Struer, Denmark, Thorslund, 121¾, won a
ten-round unanimous decision over Ashley, 120,
24-12-1 (4KO). The two were fighting for the interim WBC
Super Bantamweight World title. Final judges scores were 96-94,
96-94, and 97-93. Thorslund remains undefeated with 11-0-0
(6KO).
On August 25, 2018, Thorslund
fought Jessica Munoz, at the Struer Arena, in Struer, winning a
ten-round unanimous decision, and the vacant WBO Super
Bantamweight title. Judges scores were 100-90 on all
cards.
On January 1, 2019, at the Struer
Arena, Struer, Denmark, Thorslund made her first defense of the WBO
title against Alesia Graf, winning by by a ten-round unanimous
decision.
On June 25, 2021, at the Struer
Arena, Thorslund won a ten-round unanimous decision over Jasseth
Noriega. The two were fighting for the vacant WBO
Bantamweight title. The mtkglobal, wrote the following:
"Dina Thorslund made history as she defeated Jasseth Noriega to
become a two-weight world champion. The two women were
competing in Denmark, with Thorslund (16-0, 6 KOs) producing a
sensational one-sided performance to add the WBO bantamweight
title to her WBO super-bantamweight crown.
All three judges scored the fight 99-90, with Thorslund
dominating proceedings from start to finish against Noriega
(27-5-2, 5 KOs)."
On November 13, 2021, at the Kolding Hallen,
Kolding, Denmark, Thorslund, 117 3/4, Won by a KO over
Zulina Munoz, 117.5. The bout was scheduled for ten rounds. They were
fighting for the WBO Bantamweight world title.
On April 9, 2022, at the Graakjaer Arena,
Holstebro, Denmark,
Thorslund, 117 3/4, won a ten-round unanimous decision over Niorkis Carreno,
117. The two were fighting for the WBO Bantamweight title.
On February 24, 2024, at the
Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark
Thorslund won by an eight round TKO over Mary Romero
successfully defending her WBC/WBO Bantamweight world title.
Dina was originally going to fight Seren Cetin but she had to
withdraw after receiving a cut while sparring.
On August 8, 2026, at the Caribe Royale Resort, in Orlando
Florda, , Most Valuable Promotions delivered a great night for
women’s boxing with MVPW-05, capturing multiple world
championships and showcasing top global talent.
In the highly-anticipated main event, Denmark's undefeated
Dina Thorslund put on a clear domination in all-ten rounds
throughout the bout to strip Australia's Cherneka "Sugar Neekz"
Johnson of her undisputed bantamweight crown.
It was a mystery to hear some of the comments by commentators
saying that Johnson may have won this round, that round--when
even watching the fight from a TV screen it was so obvious that
Dina won all ten rounds. At the end the judges scored the
fight 100-90 on all cards, just as WBAN scored the fight.
Johnson just had no answer to the Dina's relentless attack with
her unusual style of boxing.
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