FILE PHOTO: WBC/WBA/IBF middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan sits behind his belts during a news conference at MGM Grand hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Las Vegas Sun/Steve Marcus/File Photo
(Reuters) -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.
Kazakh Golovkin, once considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world and the winner of a silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, was elected as the sole candidate.
