Sole candidate Golovkin confirmed as World Boxing president
Former middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin was confirmed as the new president of World Boxing on Sunday at the governing body's annual Congress in Rome.
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Former middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin was confirmed as the new president of World Boxing on Sunday at the governing body's annual Congress in Rome.
Former world champion Gennady Golovkin is set to be appointed president of World Boxing after he was named as sole candidate to replace Boris van der Vorst, the organisation said on Friday.
The International Olympic Committee has taken a key step toward retaining boxing on the program for the Los Angeles Games in 2028 as it recognized a new governing body for the sport.
Former middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin said he would open to offers to return to the ring from a newly proposed Saudi-backed boxing league.
Former-middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin will rely on his power of persuasion and not his feared fists to convince Kazakhstan's boxing federation that World Boxing is the best hope to keep the sport on the Olympic programme.
Former-middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin said he remains in peak form and would entertain offers to return to the ring from a newly proposed Saudi-backed boxing league.
It's a week boxing fans have had marked in their diaries and it is now finally here.
Undisputed super middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez retained his titles in style with a unanimous victory over Britain's John Ryder in front of a home crowd in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Saturday night.