# Moussa Gholam

Moussa Gholam (born 10 June 1995) is a Moroccan professional boxer who has held the WBO Inter-Continental super featherweight title since 2019.

## Early life

Gholam was born on 10 June 1995 in Larache, Morocco, where he grew up with his grandmother. He moved to Barcelona at the age of seven to join his parents, who had been living and working in Ceuta before that. Growing up in a tough neighborhood where he suffered from bullying, he began boxing to learn how to defend himself. He has been with Gallego Prada club since he started when he was eleven years old.

## Professional career

Gholam made his professional debut on 1 April 2016, defeating Reynaldo Maravillas via unanimous decision (UD) at the Pabellón de la Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona. After a 10–0 start, he picked up the vacant WBC Youth Silver super featherweight title on 2 February 2019 by beating Romanian prospect Alex Rat (8–3–2, 3 KO), who did not answer the bell for the sixth round. Less than ten months later, on 30 November, he faced Thai veteran Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo (61–5, 41 KO) for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental super featherweight title, stopping him by technical knockout (TKO) in the tenth round of their 10-round bout for his second title belt. This entered him into the top 15 of the WBO rankings, placing him at #12. He was named the best foreign boxer in Spain of 2019 by Espabox.com after winning all five of his fights and two titles. He was scheduled to face Venezuelan rival Otto Gámez in March 2020, but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Professional boxing record

| 21 fights | 20 wins | 1 loss |
| By knockout | 12 | 0 |
| By decision | 8 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 21 | Win | 20–1 | Abraham Montoya | UD | 10 | 4 Mar 2023 | Palau Olímpic Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 20 | Loss | 19–1 | Elnur Samedov | SD | 10 | 11 Dec 2022 | DIVS, Yekaterinburg, Russia | |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Tomás Rojas | TKO | 5 (10) | 27 Feb 2022 | Cotxeres de Sants, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Victor Julio | KO | 5 (8) | 14 Nov 2021 | Sala Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Mauro Alex Hasan Perouene | TKO | 8 (8), 2:55 | 11 Sep 2021 | Pabellón de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Nukri Gamgebell | KO | 1 (6), 0:19 | 26 Jun 2021 | Pabellón Municipal, Badia del Valles, Spain | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo | TKO | 10 (10), 2:59 | 30 Nov 2019 | Pabellón de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain | Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental super featherweight title |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Sergio Puente | UD | 8 | 14 Sep 2019 | Pabellón Municipal, San Clemente de Llobregat, Spain | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Arturo López | RTD | 3 (6), 3:00 | 7 Jun 2019 | Palacio de los Deportes, Oviedo, Spain | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Brandon Oertel | TKO | 3 (8), 2:07 | 30 Mar 2019 | Bilbao Arena, Bilbao, Spain | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Alex Rat | RTD | 5 (10), 3:00 | 2 Feb 2019 | Palau Olímpic Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain | Won vacant WBC Youth Silver super featherweight title |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Sergio González | UD | 6 | 29 Sep 2018 | Pabellón Municipal, Sant Climent de Llobregat, Spain | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Iago Barros | KO | 3 (6), 3:00 | 11 May 2018 | Centre Civic Casinet d'Hostafrancs, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Ruben García | KO | 1 (6), 1:00 | 14 Apr 2018 | Complex Esportiu Marina Besós, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Ibrahima Sarr | PTS | 6 | 11 Nov 2017 | Bilbao Arena, Bilbao, Spain | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Ricardo Fernández | UD | 6 | 10 Jun 2017 | Palau Olímpic Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Elvis Guillen | PTS | 4 | 24 Feb 2017 | Polideportivo Municipal Sagnier, El Prat de Llobregat, Spain | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | José Aguilar | PTS | 4 | 2 Oct 2016 | Pabellón del Bon Pastor, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Stefan Nicolae | KO | 3 (4), 2:58 | 18 Jun 2016 | Palau Olímpic Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Daniel Enache | KO | 1 (4), 0:45 | 27 May 2016 | Casal Cultural i Recreatiu, Castellbisbal, Spain | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Reynaldo Maravillas | UD | 4 | 1 Apr 2016 | Pabellón de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain | |

## Personal life

Although he has lived in Spain continuously since he was a kid, he has not been able to become a Spanish citizen.
Growing up playing football in the streets of Barcelona, Gholam is naturally a fan of FC Barcelona and he has cited Ronaldinho as his favorite footballer. Apart from boxing he also works as an ambulance driver.