{"id":31737,"date":"2025-07-29T11:49:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/31737\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T11:49:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:49:28","slug":"the-wbc-mourns-the-passing-of-alejandra-locomotora-oliveras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/31737\/","title":{"rendered":"The WBC mourns the passing of Alejandra \u201cLocomotora\u201d Oliveras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The WBC mourns the passing of Alejandra \u201cLocomotora\u201d Oliveras<\/p>\n<p>Alejandra \u201cLocomotora\u201d Oliveras passed away today at the age of 47.<\/p>\n<p>The Argentine fighter had a remarkable boxing career, becoming a multiple-time world champion.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2006, she knocked out Jackie Nava to become the WBC super bantamweight world champion\u2014a title she successfully defended three times.<\/p>\n<p>She held the WBC featherweight world title from 2012 to 2013. That same year, she stopped Lely Luz Flores in seven rounds to capture the WBC super lightweight world championship.<\/p>\n<p>Alejandra retired from professional boxing in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the ring, she found a new way to inspire others. She built a community on social media where she shared motivational messages, especially aimed at women, people in vulnerable situations, and those who felt alone. Her words were often intertwined with boxing themes.<\/p>\n<p>At the World Boxing Council, we deeply mourn the loss of our champion. Her legacy will live on in our minds and hearts.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_159268\" class=\"pvc_stats all  pvc_load_by_ajax_update\" data-element-id=\"159268\" style=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WBC mourns the passing of Alejandra \u201cLocomotora\u201d Oliveras Alejandra \u201cLocomotora\u201d Oliveras passed away today at the age&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-31737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}