Gennadiy Golovkin will assume the presidency of the new entity that will manage Olympic boxing
Former boxing champion Gennadiy Golovkin, known for participating in some of the sport’s most lucrative fights, is set to lead the new organization that will oversee boxing tournaments at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Golovkin, initially scheduled to compete against Greek official Mariolis Charilaos in a vote for the presidency of World Boxing in Rome, is now the only eligible candidate after an evaluation process, the organization announced on Friday.
The former middleweight champion from Kazakhstan was widely considered the favorite, after leading a World Boxing delegation to rebuild the relationship with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which had suggested the possibility of removing boxing from the Olympic program for 2028.
Golovkin won an Olympic silver medal in 2004 and, after turning professional, was a world champion for a long time, ending his career with a record of 42-2-1.
World Boxing, founded in 2023 amid a dispute between the IOC and the International Boxing Association, did not specify the reasons why Charilaos is no longer a candidate.
