Former two-time world champion and Athens 2004 Olympic gold medal winner Gennadiy Golovkin has been named as the new President of World Boxing at its Congress 2025 in Rome.
It was a formality, as the Kazakh hero was the only candidate for the position on the final ballot and he was named President by acclamation.
Others had entered the race at the initial stages to contest the election, but Golovkin was the only one approved to stand by an independent Vetting Panel.
That panel was made up of three independent and external experts and supported by Sport Resolutions, an independent provider of sport-specific arbitration and mediation services.
Golovkin is due to serve a three-year term and succeeds Dutchman Boris van der Vorst, who did not seek re-election.
Golovkin said: “It is a privilege to be elected as the new President of World Boxing. But this is just the beginning. Starting today, athletes will be at the heart of every decision 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.”
The election to install a new president was one of four votes that took place at the congress, with the others being the election for vice president and the others for two further seats on the World Boxing Executive Board.
Canada’s Ryan O’Shea will serve a second term as vice president having secured 57 per cent of the vote in a two-man race with Thailand’s Chaiwat Chotima.
Michael Muller, from Germany, and Japan’s Tatsuya Nakama received most votes to join the executive board.
