Muhammad Waseem (born 29 December 1989)[1] is a Pakistani professional boxer who challenged twice for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight title in 2018 and in 2022.

[2] In 2012, Muhammad Waseem was chosen to be AIBA professional (APB), however his participation failed to be confirmed, to which he stated; " I don't know what went wrong.

I wanted to take on the best boxers of the world but my dream was shattered..."[3] Muhammad Waseem lost a decision when he challenged Moruti Mthalane in 2018 for the IBF belt.

[12] In the final, Muhammad Waseem was defeated by his Indian opponent, Suranjoy Singh, in the 51 kg flyweight.

[21] Muhammad Waseem has won many National Competitions and has been undefeated for more than 7 years creating history in Pakistan Boxing.

Muhammad Waseem has been nominated for WSB (World Series Boxing) to represent Pakistan from 2010 to 2015, but was denied by PBF each time.

[23] On 19 March 2016, Waseem fought the experienced John Bajawa at the Myoung Boxing World in Seoul, South Korea.

Waseem defeated Oliva via unanimous decision when all three judges scored the fight in his favour 119–112, 120–108, 120-108 and became the first Pakistani to win the WBC Silver flyweight title.

[27][28] Waseem made his first defence of his WBC Silver title on 27 November 2016 at the Gwanakgu Hall in Seoul.

The fight ended in round 1 with Waseem being victorious, retaining his number 1 position in the WBC rankings.

[34] According to his manager Andy Kim, Waseem would possibly take on WBC champion Daigo Higa in a mandatory title fight, likely in Japan in January 2018.

[35] On 9 April 2018, The Ring Magazine reported that Waseem would fight former IBF world champion Moruti Mthalane (35-2, 24 KOs) on the Manny Pacquiao vs. Lucas Mattyhsse undercard on 15 July in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the vacant IBF flyweight title.

Mthalane was the IBF king from 2009 to 2014, recording stoppage wins over Zolani Tete and Johnriel Casimero.

The fight was originally scheduled to be an eliminator, until Donnie Nietes (41-1-4, 23 KOs) vacated on 11 April in order to make a full move to super flyweight.

[38][39] On 22 November 2019, Waseem won a fight against Ganigan López at Caesars Palace, United Arab Emirates.

[41] On December 19, 2020, Waseem fought Jenny Boy Boca in his first professional bout in his home country of Pakistan.