There is less left to be able to enjoy Moussa Gholam (19-0-0, 12 KO) on top of the ring again. Next Sunday, December 11, the Moroccan boxer who lives in Hospitalet de Llobregat will travel to Russia to face the world ranked Elnur Samedov (14-1-0, 5 KO). The fight is agreed to 10 rounds in the super featherweight category and will take place around 4:00 p.m. (Spanish time). Gholam’s promoter, Gallego Prada Promociones, is trying to get it broadcast live on some platform.
After many months of negotiations, Moussa Gholam will finally have his match. The first proposal from the Russian promoter RCC, which has world champions such as Dmitry Bivol (21-0-0, 11 KO) or Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov (17-1-0, 14 KO), came in July. They proposed that Moussa face Zhora Hamazaryan (12-3-2, 9 KOs), but he was injured and the fight was postponed to September 11. Finally, Elnur Samedov, one of the rivals that the Russian promoter offered as a substitute, was chosen to play the match.
But luck would not be on the side of the Gallego Prada boxer. Gholam was unable to travel due to severe bilateral pneumonia and the bout had to be postponed again to October. In that month, Putin declared martial law that caused an exodus of Russian citizens, and imposed air restrictions that forced RCC to temporarily cancel its events. But there is already an officially established date, and Moussa Gholam and Elnur Samedov will finally face each other on December 11. The King Kalifa He remains undefeated and with great numbers. In his last fight, he defeated Tomás Rojas (52-21-1, 34 KO) by KO in February in Barcelona.
Both fighters are ranked on BoxRec, Moussa Gholam ranked 38th and Elnur Samedov ranked 25th. “This fight means a lot to me, it is the door to bigger challenges, to important fights. This is a test to see if we are ready for the big leagues”, explains the Moroccan. He has been preparing with his team for almost four months to get to his best level. “We reached 150%, we just need to give the weight and we will be at 200%. We have known how to wait, slow down and raise it when it’s time to, and now we arrive very well”, says Gholam, who has trained with great boxers such as the former European champion Samir Ziani (33-3-1, 8 KO) or the former double fighter Jazza Dickens (32-4-0, 12 KO). The jewel in the Gallego Prada crown returns to the ring and will not leave anyone indifferent.