José Luis Villanueva (March 19, 1913 – November 11, 1983) was an amateur boxer from the Philippines who represented his country at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. Born in Binondo, Manila, he won the bronze medal in the bantamweight class after winning the fight for third place against Joseph Lang.
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| Full name | José Luis Villanueva | ||||||||||||||
| Born | March 19, 1913 Binondo, Manila | ||||||||||||||
| Died | November 11, 1983 (aged 70) Kamuning, Quezon City | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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His son, Anthony Villanueva, also became a boxer, and won a silver medal during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
1932 Olympic results edit
Below are the results of boxer José Villanueva who competed for the Philippines as a bantamweight at the 1932 Olympic boxing tournament in Los Angeles.
- Round of 16: bye
- Quarterfinal: defeated Akira Nakao (Japan) on points
- Semifinal: lost to Horace Gwynne (Canada) on points
- Bronze Medal Bout: won by walkover over Joseph Lang (USA)
Later life edit
Villanueva became a boxing trainer. One of his trained fighters was Gabriel Elorde who won a world 130-pound title and held it for seven years.[1] Villanueva died of heart attack in 1983. [2]
References edit
- ^ Eddie Alinea (May 18, 2014). "Remembering Anthony Villanueva". Manila Standard Today. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ^ Joaquin Henson (May 18, 2014). "Olympic hero interred today". The Philippine Star. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
- José Villanueva at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived March 14, 2007)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "José Luis Villanueva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- "REMEMBERING THE GLORY YEARS - Hall of Fame Launched in Historic Rites" at the Wayback Machine (archived September 5, 2010)
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