{"id":437146,"date":"2026-01-25T20:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T20:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/437146\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T20:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T20:07:10","slug":"two-time-world-champion-nana-yaw-konadu-appointed-as-pko-boxing-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/437146\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-time world champion Nana Yaw Konadu appointed as PKO Boxing President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Two-time-world-champion-Nana-Yaw-Konadu-appointed-as-PKO-Boxing-President-2018785?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/97813319.295.jpg\" alt=\"Former World Champion, Nana Yaw Konadu\" title=\"Former World Champion, Nana Yaw Konadu\" width=\"295\" height=\"220\" \/> <\/a>Former World Champion, Nana Yaw Konadu<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">PKO Boxing and the PKO Foundation have announced the appointment of Marvellous Nana Yaw Konadu as their new President, effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p>According to the organization, the decision was reached more than a week ago but was confirmed following due diligence and compliance procedures.<\/p>\n<p>He underwent a thorough assessment and was unanimously approved by the Board of Directors and all relevant stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Yaw Konadu is widely regarded as one of Ghana\u2019s most accomplished boxers. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Here-s-how-much-Ghana-saved-by-cutting-the-Black-Stars-budget-2018528\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Black Stars budget review saved Ghana about $700,000 \u2013 Kofi Adams<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Born in Sunyani in 1964, he compiled a professional record of 41 wins, 5 losses, and 1 draw, including 32 knockouts.<\/p>\n<p>He won world titles in two weight divisions, first capturing the World Boxing Council super flyweight title in 1989 before winning the World Boxing Association bantamweight title twice in the mid 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>His achievements contributed significantly to Ghana\u2019s standing in global boxing and placed him among the most respected fighters in the country\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>PKO praised Konadu\u2019s character and values as decisive factors in the appointment. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNana Yaw Konadu represents humility, hard work, transparency, and trustworthiness. His leadership gives hope to fellow boxers and aligns with PKO\u2019s mission to protect athletes, promote honesty, and build future world champions,\u201d the company stated. <\/p>\n<p>The organization also emphasised that boxers remain at the core of its priorities.<\/p>\n<p>PKO expressed gratitude to former interim Honorary President Joseph Agbeko, who stepped down following the transition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thank Joseph Agbeko for his contribution during the interim period while the company was being structured and formally established,\u201d the company added.<\/p>\n<p>In a related development, PKO announced Princess Sandelle Dankwa as its new PR and Marketing Manager.<\/p>\n<p>Her appointment was also unanimously approved after a comprehensive review. <\/p>\n<p>She brings experience in communications, marketing, and stakeholder engagement and is expected to enhance PKO\u2019s brand visibility and public outreach.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, watch as GAF honor outstanding sports personalities<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former World Champion, Nana Yaw Konadu PKO Boxing and the PKO Foundation have announced the appointment of Marvellous&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-437146","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}