Maria Lindberg boxer

Maria Camilla Lindberg (born 30 March 1977) is a Swedish professional boxer who has held the WIBF light-middleweight title since 2009. She previously held the WIBA light-middleweight title from 2010 to 2014 and has challenged for multiple world titles, including the WBO female middleweight title in 2011 and April 2021; the unified WBC and WBO female middleweight titles in 2017; and the WBC and IBF female light-middleweight titles in 2018 and 2019, respectively.After suffering a brain hemorrhage in an amateur bout in 1999, Lindberg received a life-time ban from boxing by the Swedish Boxing Federation. Unable to acquire a boxing license in Sweden, she moved to the US and began training at the Gleason's Gym in New York City. Lindberg made her professional debut on 1 July 2003, scoring a four-round unanimous decision (UD) victory against Katherin Pugh at the Omni New Daisy Theater in Memphis, Tennessee. Following her second fight–a draw against Ann Saccurato in May 2004–Lindberg was suspended by the American Association of Boxing Commissions and the European Boxing Union due to the brain injury she suffered in 1999. After four years out of the ring, she passed medical tests for the Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer (BDB) and received a license to box in Germany, making her return to the ring on 28 November 2008, scoring a majority decision (MD) victory against Pia Porter at the Maritim Hotel in Magdeburg.In her next fight she fought for her first world title, facing Conjestina Achieng for the vacant WIBF middleweight title on 8 May 2009, at the Royal Event Center in Berlin. The bout ended in a split draw, with one judge scoring the bout 97–96 in favour of Lindberg, the second judge scoring it 97–95 for Achieng, while the third judge scored it even at 95–95, leaving the WIBF title vacant.Lindberg moved down a weight class for her next fight, defeating Sara Davis via ten-round UD to capture the vacant WIBF light-middleweight on 19 September, at the Dampfnudel Arena in Rülzheim, Germany, with the judges scorecards reading 100–92, 99–91 and 98–92.After successfully defending her title with a technical knockout (TKO) victory against Michaela Dragan in July 2010, Lindberg defeated Diane Schwachhofer via UD on 20 November, capturing the vacant WIBA light-middleweight title in Aachen, Germany.