Alex Wassabi

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Alex Wassabi
Personal information
Born
Alexander Burriss

(1990-03-28) March 28, 1990 (age 35)
Great Falls, Montana
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YouTube information
Channel
Years active2008–present
Genres
  • Vlogs
  • challenge
Subscribers11.4 million [1]
Views4.75 billion [1]
Associated acts Guava Juice
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2011
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2013
YouTube Diamond Play Button.svg10,000,000 subscribers2018
Last updated: September 11, 2025

Alexander Burriss (born March 28, 1990), better known as Alex Wassabi, is an American YouTuber and professional boxer best known for being a part of the duo Wassabi Productions with Roi Fabito (also known as Guava Juice).

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Early life

Alexander Burriss was born on March 28, 1990, in Great Falls, Montana. His mother is Filipino and his father is British. He has two brothers, Aaron and Adam, and a sister, Mariah. Aaron, his older brother, has a YouTube channel called Lazyron Studios. When he was one, Burriss's family moved to Lexington, Kentucky, and lived there for several years before moving to Durham, North Carolina when he was in fifth grade. He met friend and future collaborator Roi Fabito, also known as Guava Juice, there. They and their friends started making videos together in 2005. The name "Wassabi" came from a mispelling when Burriss was creating a Starcraft account. [2] Burriss played in a basketball league when he was growing up. [3]

Career

Burriss and Fabito continued making videos throughout high school, even after their friends lost interest. Many of their videos were skits with recurring characters. They broke into the mainstream with their parody of "Call Me Maybe" in 2012, which went viral. Following the success, they moved to Los Angeles to pursue YouTube full-time, posting videos every Wednesday. [2]

Fabito left the channel in January 2016, after both decided that they would rather focus on their own videos instead of working together all of the time. Burriss assumed full control of the channel as Fabito started his own channel, Guava Juice, although they still made appearances on each other's channels. [2] Burriss took an extended break from YouTube in 2021, after not taking any breaks from the channel longer than a week for 15 years. [4] [5]

Burriss boxed influencer Deji Olatunji in March 2022 and won the fight. [6] [7] He was set to go against KSI in August of that year as well, but an injury caused him to be replaced by rapper Swarmz. [8] [9] [10] In 2023, he defeated iDubbbz at Creator Clash 2, as the main event. [11] [12] [13]

Personal life

Burriss was diagnosed with ADHD in middle school. [3] He dated fellow YouTuber Lauren Riihimaki, also known as LaurDIY, from 2015 to 2018. [14]

Boxing record

Professional

1 fight1 win0 losses
By decision10
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
1Win1–0 iDubbbz MD4 Apr 15, 2023 Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida, U.S.

Exhibition

1 fight1 win0 losses
By decision10
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
1Win2–0Deji OlatunjiSD55 Mar 2022 Wembley Arena, London, England

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2018 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Funny YouTube CreatorNominated [15]
2018 Shorty Awards Vlogger of the Year [16]
2018 Streamy Awards First Person [17]

References

  1. 1 2 "About Alex Wassabi". YouTube.
  2. 1 2 3 Deml, Jessica (August 16, 2017). "Alex Wassabi Net Worth 2018 - Updated Youtube Earnings - Gazette Review" . Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Watch YouTuber & Boxer Alex Wassabi "Making it in America"". MYX Global. May 12, 2022. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  4. ↑ Guno, Niña V. (January 4, 2021). "Fil-Am vlogger Alex Wassabi to take break from YouTube after 15 years". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  5. ↑ Mayer, Jo (January 7, 2021). "Alex Wassabi takes a break from creating". Creator Handbook. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  6. ↑ Freeman, Will (March 4, 2022). "How to watch Deji vs Alex Wassabi for free in UK live stream". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  7. ↑ Benson, Michael (March 7, 2022). "Deji speaks out and reveals he had COVID before Alex Wassabi loss, vows to fight on". talkSPORT. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  8. ↑ Muehlhausen, Steven (July 15, 2022). "KSI vs. Alex Wassabi fight official for August 27 in new boxing series". www.dazn.com. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  9. ↑ Chiari, Mike. "Jake Paul Reportedly Has Offered to Fight KSI After Alex Wassabi Bout Canceled". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  10. ↑ Wynter, Courtney (August 7, 2022). "Swarmz Announced As KSI's New Contender After Alex Wassabi Is Forced To Pull Out". GRM Daily. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  11. ↑ Parekh, Anish (April 5, 2023). "Creator Clash 2 headlined by influencers Ian "iDubbbz" Jomha and Alex Wassabi in super-middleweight clash". britishboxingnews.co.uk. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Creator Clash 2 Results: Alex Wassabi vs. iDubbbz". MMA Fighting. April 16, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  13. ↑ Gutelle, Sam (April 17, 2023). "Alex Wassabi wins Creator Clash 2 main event, and influencer boxing trend triumphs". Tubefilter. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  14. ↑ Kim, Serena (February 5, 2019). "LaurDIY is the Queen of YouTube". KoreAm . Archived from the original on February 17, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Kids' Choice Awards: Complete List of Winners". Billboard. March 25, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  16. ↑ "YouTuber of the Year in Social Media - Shorty Awards". shortyawards.com. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
  17. ↑ "8th Annual Nominees". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
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