José Luis Villanueva (March 19, 1913 – November 11, 1983) was an amateur boxer from the

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who represented his country at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. Born in Binondo,

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, he won the bronze medal in the bantamweight class after winning the fight for third place against Joseph Lang. His son,

Anthony Villanueva 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 ...

, also became a boxer, and won a silver medal during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

1932 Olympic results

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

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(Japan) on points * Semifinal: lost to

Horace Gwynne Horace "Lefty" Gwynne (October 5, 1912 – April 16, 2001) was a bantamweight professional boxer from Canada, who competed in the 1930s and won the gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was still an amateur when he won the gold medal. ...

(Canada) on points * Bronze Medal Bout: won by walkover over Joseph Lang (USA)

Later life

Villanueva became a boxing trainer. One of his trained fighters was

Gabriel Elorde Gabriel "Flash" Elorde (March 25, 1935 – January 2, 1985) was a Filipino professional boxer. He won the lineal super featherweight title in 1960. In 1963, he won the inaugural WBC and WBA super featherweight titles. He holds the record at sup ...

who won a world 130-pound title and held it for seven years. Villanueva died of heart attack in 1983.

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* 1913 births 1983 deaths Olympic boxers for the Philippines Boxers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Philippines Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Filipino male boxers People from Binondo Sportspeople from Manila Boxers from Metro Manila Bantamweight boxers Philippine Sports Hall of Fame inductees {{Philippines-Olympic-medalist-stub