Polish Boxer-Turned-President Set for Showdown With Government

Karol Nawrocki has made a career out of fighting. An amateur boxing champion and self-confessed football hooligan, the historian-turned-politician has written books on anti-communist groups and organized crime.

The fight will now turn to where Poland goes next after Nawrocki beat his government-backed rival in Sunday’s presidential election runoff. As head of state, the 42-year-old nationalist is able to undermine Prime Minister Donald Tusk by vetoing key legislation, and he promised to “save Poland” from a “monopoly of evil power.”