Slim Albaher

Slim Albaher (born 15 July 1994) is an American YouTuber, actor, boxer and influencer. He has over a million subscribers of both his YouTube channels. Nicknamed The Hitman, he currently has three knockout wins in amateur boxing. Slim started his career on YouTube, in 2012, where he used to upload vlogs with his brothers.

Early and personal life 
Slim was born in Brooklyn, New York City to Yemeni parents. Slim has three brothers named Khalid, Hamzah, and Tarek. Regarding his time in school, Slim was the center of attention.

He has a wife named Sofia, with whom he was engaged in September 2019.

YouTube career

2012–2015: Beginnings, pranks and vlogs 
Slim joined YouTube with his main account on 24 December 2012. He used to upload prank videos in 2013. At that time, he mostly used to upload vlogs, skits and challenges with his brothers. On 15 September 2013, Slim uploaded his first vlog which was about Treemclimbing. His channel began to grew in the same year and eventually got more than 10,000 subscribers and Slim started to make more videos. In 2015, Slim got 100,000 subscribers Slim received a lot of popularity after he started to become a YouTube boxer in 2019. Slim was also signed by the Ampli-Truth Productions.

2016–2019: Rose to fame 
In December 2016, Slim was kicked out from a Delta plane allegedly for speaking Arabic. He released several videos on the controversial exit, explaining the situation. He claimed that White Americans were abusing him because of speaking his native language. Slim gained fame through this controversy.

Boxing career

Slim vs. Fousey 
In early July 2019, Slim signed the contract for a boxing match against FouseyTube. On 27 September 2019, the press conference was held at the Faringdon Grove and the next day, the weigh-in took place at the Mayfair Avenue. Slim weighed 72.1lb while Fousey weighed 81.8lb. Slim was trained by the Yemeni boxing legend Sadam Ali for the fight.

On 29 September 2019, Slim made his boxing debut against FouseyTube at the York Hall in London. When the first round started, Slim had the upper hand and in the third round, blood started coming out from Fousey's nose. In the fourth round, after Slim was destroying Fousey, the towel was thrown and Slim won by Technical knockout. After Slim was declared the winner, he said that he loves Fousey and hugged Fousey and showed sportsmanship and ended the rivalry. Slim also said that he won this fight for Yemen. Fousey told that he won't box again. After the match, both have recorded a lot together and are great friends.

Slim vs. N&A Productions 
In early July 2021, Slim announced that he will be making his boxing return in an event called "Social Knockout". On July 14, he announced that he will be fighting against the YouTuber N&A Productions at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. On 31 July, the event took place, in which Slim defeated the former by a knockout in a few seconds.

Slim vs. 3Bidaan 
In November 2021, Slim fought the Emirati influencer 3Bidaan. The fight ended in a brutal knockout, which went viral. It was also dubbed the 'greatest knockout' in YouTube boxing history.

Discography

Charity 
In 2017, Slim donated to charity along with Adam Saleh. In 2019, Slim vs Fousey's event was charity donated for Yemen.

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