At 12 years old, Immanuwel Aleem came with his older brother to watch the latter’s first day of boxing. From a chair on the side, Immanuwel watched Moshea Aleem go through a routine warmup and begin to learn the fundamentals. When he was done, Moshea remembers seeing Immanuwel chuckle and his face filled with a smile.
“He was like, ‘Yeah, I’ll be back tomorrow,’” Moshea said. “And that’s how it started.”