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Vargas to attend WB Congress

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October 22, 2025

ABAP chairman Ricky Vargas is set to attend the crucial World Boxing Congress in Rome on Nov. 23 when the elections for president, vice president and two board seats will be held.

- JOAQUIN HENSON

WB president Boris van der Vorst will not run for another term, leaving the position wide open with Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan, Vladimir Klitschko of Ukraine and Haris Mariolis of Greece rumored to be leading candidates. Aside from the elections, the Congress will take up a series of other votes pertinent to the

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