GBM Sports announced that Doncaster boxer Reece Mould will make the first defense of his WBA Continental lightweight championship on Friday 6th October in Sheffield.

Mould will headline a double-title show that also features a fiery Commonwealth super flyweight championship showdown between rivals Emma Dolan and Nicola Hopewell, rising prospects Naphtali Nembhard, Adam Mohammed, Will Cawley and Nohmaan Hussain, with even more talent to be added show.

The venue for the show will be announced shortly. 

Mould inflicted the first defeat to Bradford rival Hamed Ghaz in February of this year. Mould wobbled Ghaz twice in the second round, but Ghaz recovered and fought back hard to take the fight to the scorecards.  Mould’s work-rate and better punch output saw him win on all three cards to claim not only the WBA Continental belt, but also the vacant English title.

He was last in action June against Christian Lopez Flores in a gritty fight that saw Mould floor Flores in the fourth round but the hard Mexican got up and took the fight the eight round distance with Mould winning with a dominant point victory of 80-71.

Mould said, “I’m raring to get out and fight and I can’t wait for October 6 in Sheffield.  It’s an important fight for me and a big win set me up for a big fights next year.  My team are looking at potential names now and I’ll be in a position to confirm soon who will be in the opposite corner.  I won the title with a good win over Ghaz and then faced a tough Mexican last time out, I’ll be ready for whoever is put in front of me.”