Our boxers are gloved for gold

By Ed C. Tolentino

Jul 23, 2021 12:00 am

OUT of the 10 medals (3 silvers, 7 bronzes) the Philippines has won in the Olympics, five have come from amateur boxing.

Bantamweight Jose Villanueva gave the country its first Olympic medal in boxing when he bagged the bronze medal in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. Villanueva secured the medal after beating American Joseph Lang for third place.

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