Moussa Gholam Is On The Verge Of A WBA World Championship Opportunity

AGON Sports super featherweight Moussa Gholam (25-1, 16 KOs) is about to face the most important fight of his professional career so far. On February 28, the Moroccan, who lives in Barcelona, ​​will face the experienced Nicaraguan Melving Lopez (34-2, 21 KOs) at the WBA Future Champions event at Casino Buenos Aires in Argentina. The fight is scheduled as a WBA Final Eliminator – the winner will become the official mandatory challenger to reigning WBA super featherweight world champion James “Jazza” Dickens.

Gholam enters this duel highly ranked: He is currently ranked #7 in the world on BoxRec, #6 by the WBA, and #7 by the WBC. A victory in Buenos Aires would finally bring him within striking distance of a world title fight. However, Gholam’s path to the top is anything but a given. Less than a year ago, his career was on the brink of collapse. Without rankings, without prospects, and frustrated by the stagnation, the technically gifted 30-year-old seriously considered retiring.

The turning point came when AGON matchmaker Flavio Oleaga Mirabal took notice of him and brought him to Ingo Volckmann’s German boxing stable. The promoter says: “For me, Moussa is a boxer with the potential to become world champion. He’s ready to compete at the very top. He has the vision, he has the toughness, he’s simply a fantastic boxer. I’m convinced he’ll win the eliminator and then fight for the world championship.”

Since joining AGON Sports, Moussa Gholam has undergone an impressive development. Three consecutive victories brought him back to the international stage and directly into the top ranks of two major federations. The Final Eliminator in Argentina is now the logical next step.

“So much has happened in less than a year. I wanted to quit boxing and saw no future in it. No federation had ranked me,” says Gholam. “Since joining AGON, my career has picked up speed again and I’m ranked by two world federations. I have a future in boxing again, and I’m very grateful for that.”

With the fight against Melving Lopez, Moussa Gholam now has a great opportunity to crown his extraordinary comeback story and finally establish himself as a world championship contender in the super featherweight division.

The post Moussa Gholam Is On The Verge Of A WBA World Championship Opportunity appeared first on Fight News.