New World Boxing President Golovkin Vows To 'restore Trust' In Sport

Former boxing world champion Gennady Golovkin says he wants to reconstruct spot successful nan athletics aft being elected president of World Boxing.

Kazakhstan's Golovkin, 43, stood unopposed for nan position successful a ballot astatine World Boxing's yearly legislature successful Rome connected Sunday and succeeds Dutchman Boris van der Vorst.

Boxing's spot astatine nan 2028 Olympics had been successful uncertainty earlier nan statement of World Boxing, which earned provisional nickname by nan International Olympic Committee (IOC) successful February and will tally nan title astatine nan LA Games.

The IOC ran nan boxing title astatine nan 2020 and 2024 Olympics aft nan sport's erstwhile governing body, nan International Boxing Association (IBA), was expelled from nan Olympic movement.

Golovkin has now vowed to reconstruct boxing's semipermanent spot astatine early Olympic Games.

"I americium present to conflict for thing important - nan early of boxing itself," he told nan World Boxing congress, erstwhile presenting his lawsuit to beryllium elected president.

"With your thief I will do everything to reconstruct spot successful World Boxing. Together we tin execute afloat IOC nickname and unafraid our spot not only astatine Los Angeles 2028 but astatine each early Olympics."

Golovkin won nan Olympic metallic badge successful nan middleweight section astatine nan 2004 Games successful Athens.

He besides held world and Asian titles arsenic an amateur earlier stepping up to nan master ranks, successful which he held a middleweight world title and is wide regarded arsenic 1 of nan fiercest competitors of his generation.

Although not officially retired, he has not fought since losing nan 3rd conflict of his trilogy pinch Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez successful September 2022.

The only blemishes connected his 45-fight grounds are 2 defeats by Mexico's Alvarez pursuing a arguable tie successful their first brushwood that galore believed Golovkin had won.

He told nan World Boxing legislature his presidency would beryllium built astir 4 cardinal points - putting athletes first, integrity, innovation, and financial stableness and development.

The IOC suspended nan IBA successful 2019 complete governance, financial, refereeing and ethical concerns.

"This is astir unity," said Golovkin, arsenic he expanded connected his blueprint for nan early of boxing arsenic an Olympic sport.

"Today we return a large measurement forward. We must beryllium a federation that athletes tin judge successful and 1 nan Olympic family tin trust."

Van der Vorst was elected successful 2023 but chose to measurement speech and did not activity a 2nd term.