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Anthony N. Villanueva (March 18, 1945 – May 13, 2014) was a Filipino amateur boxer. 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.
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No professional bouts recorded
Bout-by-bout history is added as results are published and verified. The career record above is the official total.