LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The two-time middleweight world champion and 2004 Olympic silver medallist, Gennadiy Golovkin, has been named the new President of World Boxing at its Congress 2025 in Rome.

RENES, Switzerland (September 26, 2024) – The President of the National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan and 2004 Olympic silver medalist and two-time middleweight world champion, Gennadiy Golovkin, has been appointed Chair of a new Olympic Commission by World Boxing, the International Federation established to ensure boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic Movement.