{"id":10369,"date":"2014-05-15T11:55:28","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T03:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=10369"},"modified":"2014-05-15T11:55:28","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T03:55:28","slug":"pacquiao-mourns-death-of-1st-filipino-olympic-silver-medalist-anthony-villanueva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/15\/pacquiao-mourns-death-of-1st-filipino-olympic-silver-medalist-anthony-villanueva\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacquiao mourns death of 1st Filipino Olympic silver medalist, Anthony Villanueva"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao. Photo by Tracy Lee \/ Manny Pacquiao official Facebook page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA —\u00a0Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel Pacquiao is mourning the death on Tuesday of Anthony Villanueva, the first Filipino Olympic silver medalist.<\/p>\n

In a press statement on Wednesday, Pacquiao offered his deepest sympathy and condolences to the bereaved family of Villanueva.<\/p>\n

Reports said Villanueva, 69, had been bedridden for more than two years before after suffering several heart attacks in recent years.<\/p>\n

As a boxer himself, Pacquiao said the death of Villanueva is a great loss to the whole nation. The fighting congressman added the country lost a great athlete.<\/p>\n

He said the boxing hero\u2019s contribution to the sport could not be measured by any award or recognition. He added that Filipino boxers owe Villanueva a lot.<\/p>\n

\u201cVillanueva paved the way for the next generations of Filipino boxers to be recognized in international arenas,\u201d Pacquiao said.<\/p>\n

Villanueva, the son of 1932 Olympics bronze medalist Jose Villanueva, competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics as a featherweight. He was close to winning the gold medal but suffered a controversial split decision loss to Soviet Union’s Stanislav Stepashkin in the finals.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao hailed Villanueva as the original Filipino boxing icon who should never be forgotten by the nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy family will continue to pray for the eternal repose of the soul of Villanueva,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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