Boxing legend Gennadiy Golovkin has been named because the president of World Boxing, the physique based to rescue the Olympic sport.
Golovkin, a former Olympic silver medallist, two-time middleweight world champion and as soon as probably the most feared fighters within the skilled sport, had his new function confirmed at World Boxing’s congress in Rome.
The Kazakh star has rapidly grow to be a senior determine in sports activities administration. In 2024 Golovkin grew to become president of Kazakhstan’s Nationwide Olympic Committee.
On the World Boxing congress Golovkin proved to be the one candidate for president on the ultimate poll paper and was named by acclamation.
Others had put themselves ahead in October to contest the election, nonetheless Golovkin was the one particular person authorised to face by an unbiased vetting panel, which assessed the backgrounds of all of the candidates.
Golovkin will serve an preliminary three-year time period and succeeds Boris van der Vorst, who didn’t search re-election following the completion of his time period.
Golovkin mentioned: “It’s a privilege to be elected as the brand new president of World Boxing. However that is just the start. Beginning in the present day, athletes shall be on the coronary heart of each resolution we make.
“On the road to LA28, we will restore trust in Olympic boxing to secure our place in Brisbane and beyond. Now it’s time to move forward as one united boxing family.”
Boxing was on the verge of being utterly excluded from the Olympic Video games after the IOC (the Worldwide Olympic Committee) expelled IBA, the newbie sport’s earlier governing physique, because of longstanding considerations over governance, officiating and allegations of corruption.
World Boxing, which was solely arrange in April 2023, was based expressly to save lots of the Olympic sport.
It held its first formal assembly with the IOC in Could 2024 and on 25 February 2025, it was granted provisional recognition by the IOC because the worldwide federation throughout the Olympic motion governing the game of boxing at world stage.
Gennadiy Golovkin has been campaigning to save lots of Olympic boxing.
That rescued a spot for the game on the LA Video games in 2028, a vital second for boxing. Golovkin has performed a key function in championing World Boxing and shall be much more distinguished within the marketing campaign to maintain boxing within the Olympics because the federation’s president.
World Boxing vice chairman and chair of the 2025 congress, Dinah Glykidis mentioned: “Congress is the ultimate authority of World Boxing and to have so many of our members be able to participate in it today and express their views on the future direction of the organisation is very important, and a positive sign that World Boxing is continuing to deliver on its commitment to transparency and rigorous governance.
“Because it was launched in April 2023, World Boxing has achieved an infinite quantity in a brief house of time and I’m assured that with our new president and the chief board that we now have in place, following in the present day’s elections, that it’ll proceed to go from energy to energy as we construct in direction of the subsequent Olympic Video games at LA28.”
