President of World Boxing, Boris van der Vorst, is scheduled to visit Jamaica on a four-day trip where he will be involved in discussions with stakeholders in the sports to strengthen, support and endorse the development of boxing on the island.

van der Vorst is expected to arrive at the Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay on Saturday, March 28 and leave on Tuesday, April 2.

Stephen Jones, president of the Jamaica Boxing Association is more than pleased with the visit of van der Vorst.

“Jamaica will be welcoming the president of World Boxing for the very first time, which is a really big deal especially with boxing now officially included in the 2028 Olympic Games,” said Jones.

“We’ve been putting in the work here, the entire boxing fraternity from the grassroots level right up to the elite and I’m very proud that Jamaica is playing its part in boxing development across the region. So as a regional goal is to make the Caribbean a real force to be reckoned with on the global stage and having the president here gives us a chance to show what we’re building and hopefully get his endorsement before he leaves, so we are looking forward to welcoming him for a couple days,” said Jones.

Jones said van der Vorst will get the opportunity to see first-hand Jamaica’s boxing on display in Montego Bay when he will visit the Jamaica Boxing Board’s gym in the second city. He will also see the schools’ programme which is under development at the St Andrew Technical High School in Kingston.

During the visit, van der Vorst will be exposed to some of Jamaica’s loved cultural spaces to experience the warmth, beauty, culinary delights and essence of the island.