Boris van der Vorst Elected First President of World Boxing

Van der Vorst aims to secure boxing's Olympic future and expand the new federation's membership.

Boris van der Vorst, former Dutch federation head, has been elected as the first president of World Boxing, securing 63% of the vote.
World Boxing, a breakaway body from the International Boxing Association (IBA), was launched in April following a long breakdown in relations between the IBA and Olympic organizers.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) stripped the IBA of recognition last June due to its failure to complete reforms on governance, finance, and ethical issues.
Van der Vorst's immediate priorities are expanding the membership and organizing successful competitions, with hopes of securing boxing's Olympic future beyond the Paris Games next year.
Van der Vorst was controversially deemed ineligible to stand for the presidency of IBA last year, a decision that was later ruled wrong by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), but no fresh election was held.