Both achieved the most important rivalry in the history of female boxing in Argentina and managed to file roughness many years later.
Argentine female boxing gained relevance Thanks to figures like Alejandra “Locomotora” Oliveras and Marcela “La Tigresa” Acuñawho dominated the national and international scenarios. His career was marked by commitment and passion, turning them into undisputed referents of sport. The word boxing is thus associated with a decisive chapter for local history.
This relationship, however, was not limited to sports competition. Among them there were years of tensions and distancing, which were only softened after a public approach in 2024, When old differences began to leave behind.
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Oliveras and Acuña: a historic fight for the unification of the Amb and CMB belts
He December 4, 2008 He was recorded in the history of female Argentine boxing. In the emblematic Luna ParkMarcela Acuña and Alejandra Oliveras They faced the unification of the Supergallo Titles of the World Boxing Association (AMB) and the World Boxing Council (CMB). Tigress coined defeated Unanimous decision to the locomotive, snatching the CMB belt and consolidating its domain in the category.
This fight was the first and only unification of titles between Argentinas in the discipline and summoned a crowd that filled the stadium. Acuña recalled years after “we have left people outside the Luna Park” and that that day represented a milestone for national female boxing. The fight, in addition to sports, enhanced the rivalry between the twowhich extended by 16 years between clashes public and cross statements that maintained the attention of the spectators.
The mourning boxing: the farewell of the tigress acuña to the locomotive Oliveras
On Monday, July 28, 2025, Alejandra Oliveras died at age 47 at the José María Cullen hospital in Santa Fe. His hospitalization had begun on July 14, after suffering a Ischemic stroke that left it in intensive therapy. Throughout its hospitalization, signs of motor response were reported, but it depended on respiratory assistance and constant neurological monitoring.
The final cause of his death was a shock by massive pulmonary embolism that caused irreversible cardiorespiratory arrestdespite the medical effort made. The news caused shock in the national boxing environment and among its followers, and even in its rival.
Acuña manifested publicly about the loss with a message loaded with respect and emotion. He stressed that, after years of distancing, they had rebuilt their relationship in 2024 and that he now felt a great void. “I had nothing left to say, I thanked him for everything he had done for boxing”, He said, while expressing that the news took it by surprise and that he will miss his motivating words.
Source: Ambito
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