Anthony Villanueva
Anthony Villanueva | ||||||||||||
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| Born | March 18, 1945 | |||||||||||
| Died | May 13, 2014 (aged 69) | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Filipino | |||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | Featherweight | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||
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| Wins | 1 | |||||||||||
| Losses | 3 | |||||||||||
| No contests | 1 | |||||||||||
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Anthony N. Villanueva (March 18, 1945 – May 13, 2014) was a boxer from the Philippines. He competed in the featherweight (−57 kg) division at the 1964 Olympics and won a silver medal. Shortly after the Olympics he turned professional, but retired after five bouts. Besides boxing, Villanueva worked as an actor and boxing coach in the Philippines and as a security guard in the United States. He died after suffering several strokes.
His father, José Villanueva, was also an Olympic boxer who won a bronze medal as a bantamweight at the 1932 Los Angeles Games thus becoming the first father and son to win Olympic medals for the Philippines.