Nakano vs Aleem

Who won Nakano vs Aleem?

Raeese Aleem beat Mikito Nakano by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Monday, November 24th, 2025, at Toyota Arena Tokyo, Koto-Ku.

The scorecards were announced as 115-112, 116-111, 118-109 in favor of winner Raeese Aleem.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Tenshin Nasukawa losing to Takuma Inoue for the WBC World Bantamweight championship. Also on the undercard Tomoya Tsuboi defeated Carlos Cuadras, and Riku Masuda was victorious over Jose Calderon Cervantes.

Nakano vs Aleem stats

Mikito Nakano stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 14 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws.

Raeese Aleem made his way to the ring with a record of 22 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws.

Mikito Nakano was the younger man by 5 years, at 30 years old.

Nakano had a height advantage of 1 inch over Aleem.

Mikito Nakano fought out of the southpaw stance, while Raeese Aleem was an orthodox fighter.

Nakano was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2018, 7 years later than Aleem, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 87 fewer professional rounds, totaling 59 compared to Aleem's 146.

Mikito Nakano went into the fight ranked number 5 by the WBA, 2 by the WBC, 6 by the WBO, and 5 by the IBF at featherweight.

Raeese Aleem was ranked number 3 by the IBF in the 126lb division.

Nakano vs Aleem form

Aleem had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Derlyn Hernandez Gerarldo on November 8, 2024, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Scope Arena, Norfolk, United States.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Sam Goodman on June 18, 2023, by split decision in their IBF World Junior Featherweight championship fight at Gold Coast Convention Centre, Broadbeach, Australia.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Mike Plania on September 4, 2022, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Eduardo Baez on November 27, 2021, by majority decision in their 10 round contest at Park Theater, Nevada.

He had won against Vic Pasillas on January 23, 2021, by technical knockout in the 11th round at Mohegan Sun Casino, Connecticut.

Activity check

Aleem's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 53 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.6 rounds on average.

What time did Nakano vs Aleem start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 AM UTC at Toyota Arena Tokyo, Koto-Ku, Japan, which was 6:00 AM EST or 3:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Nakano vs Aleem?

The fight was broadcast in the United States by Top Rank Classics.

What were the odds on Nakano vs Aleem?

Mikito Nakano was a 2/5 (-250) favorite going into the contest, while Raeese Aleem made his way into the ring at 43/20 (+220) with oddsmakers.