Ra'eese Aleem (; born June 21, 1990) is an American

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who held the WBA

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title in 2021.

Professional career

Ra'eese Aleem turned professional in 2011, with a second-round technical knockout of Dewaun Bell. He amassed a 15-0 record before making his TV debut on February 14, 2020, with a third-round stoppage victory against Saul Eduardo Hernandez. On August 1, 2020, he notched a tenth-round technical knockout of Marcus Bates. Bates was a last minute replacement for Aleem when his original opponent

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pulled out to be elevated to the main event as Stephen Fulton's substitute when he was sick with

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. Aleem was scheduled to face Vic Pasillas for the WBA interim super bantamweight title on January 23, 2021, at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Montville, Connecticut. He won the fight by an eleventh-round technical knockout, after knocking Pasillas down in rounds two, six, nine and once in round eleven. Aleem is scheduled to fight Eduardo Baez on November 27, 2021.

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aleem, Raeese 1990 births Living people American male boxers African-American boxers Sportspeople from Muskegon, Michigan Boxers from Michigan Super-bantamweight boxers World super-bantamweight boxing champions 21st-century African-American sportspeople