Golovkin named World Boxing President

VIDEO SHOWS: FOOTAGE FROM WORLD BOXING CONGRESS 2025 AS GENNADY GOLOVKIN IS NAMED AS NEW WORLD BOXING PRESIDENT / SOUNDBITE FROM GOLOVKIN SHOWS: ROME, ITALY (NOVEMBER 23, 2025) (WORLD BOXING – Must on screen courtesy World Boxing. Editorial use only. No monetisation) STORY: Former world champion Gennady Golovkin has been appointed president of World Boxing after he was named as Boris van der Vorst's replacement at the 2025 World Boxing Congress on Sunday (November 23).  Van der Vorst said in September that he would not seek re-election at the body's third annual Congress this month, citing the relentless demands of leading the breakaway organisation and years of global travel as his reasons for stepping down. World Boxing said an independent vetting panel reviewed several applications of men and women who had put themselves forward for election last month and only Golovkin made the cut. Golovkin, once considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world and the winner of a silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, was appointed president of Kazakhstan's National Olympic Committee in 2024. Greece's Mariolis Charilaos, who served as president of the Hellenic Boxing Federation from 2021 to 2025, was the other candidate who had put his name forward for the presidency. However, World Boxing did not specify why Charilaos did not make the cut. Reuters has contacted World Boxing for comment. Van der Vorst was the former Dutch federation chief and elected World Boxing's first president on a two-year term after the breakaway body was formed in 2023. He was tasked with the crucial mission of securing boxing's Olympic future beyond the 2024 Paris Games. During his tenure, he oversaw World Boxing's expansion to over 120 national federations while also securing provisional recognition from the International Olympic Committee, leading to boxing's reinstatement at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

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