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Former middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin to run for presidency of Olympic boxing body
Golovkin seeks to restore Olympic boxing's credibility after IBA suspension with World Boxing aiming full IOC recognition and organizing 2028 LA Games, IOC granted provisional status in 2025.
- On Friday, Gennady Golovkin announced his bid to lead World Boxing, one of two candidates for the presidency decided on November 23 at the World Boxing Congress in Rome, Italy.
- A long-running dispute between the IOC and the IBA drove the creation of World Boxing, established in 2023 to replace the IBA after issues with Umar Kremlev; the IOC granted provisional recognition in February.
- A 2004 Olympic silver medallist, Gennady Golovkin now leads Kazakhstan's National Olympic Committee and rebuilt ties with the International Olympic Committee after retiring three years ago.
- The incoming president will inherit a packed agenda, including addressing sex-testing scrutiny after Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting won gold, and managing World Boxing's apology to Khelif.
- Boris van der Vorst is stepping down as World Boxing's founding president and will not seek re-election, while Golovkin will face Mariolis Charilaos, former President of the Hellenic Boxing Federation .
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Independent EspañolFormer champion Gennady Golovkin faces an election match by running for president of World Boxing, the new organization that seeks to organize Olympic boxing at the Los Angeles Games 2028.
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Former middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin to run for presidency of Olympic boxing body
Former boxing champ Gennady Golovkin is heading into an electoral fight as he runs to become president of World Boxing, the new body aiming to run Olympic bouts at the Los Angeles Games in 2028.
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