Whindersson Nunes

Whindersson Nunes Batista (born 5 January 1995), also known musically as Lil Whind, is a Brazilian YouTuber, comedian, actor, musician and boxer. His YouTube channel became the most subscribed channel in Brazil, but it was eventually surpassed by Canal KondZilla.

Nunes registered his YouTube channel in 2013 and has since become the 59th most-subscribed channel on YouTube (excluding YouTube generated topics), with 44 million subscribers. He is the fourth most subscribed YouTube channel from Brazil.

Nunes made an uncredited cameo appearance in '' Ice Age: Collision Course'' as Roger. He has since appeared in multiple films and television series, most notably in the Os Parças as Ray Van.

Nunes won his amateur boxing debut against Mario Silva via unanimous decision on 28 September 2019. Nunes fought former WBO super featherweight champion Acelino Freitas on 30 January 2022 in an exhibition bout ending in a unanimous draw. Nunes entered the Kingpyn Boxing High Stakes Tournament and defeated Filipek via technical knockout on 22 April 2023 in the quarter-finals. Nunes lost to King Kenny via unanimous decision in the semi-finals on 15 July 2023.

Personal life

Whindersson Nunes Batista was born in Palmeira do Piauí and grew up in Bom Jesus, Piauí. At the age of fifteen he decided that he wanted to make videos for YouTube. He did several attempts to get his channel recognized, but they were not successful. However, shortly thereafter he returned to producing videos for the channel, and the videos began to receive more views, and it was when he launched the parody ''Alô vó, tô reprovado'' in 2012, which within a week received five million views. Nunes then moved to Teresina. He had no place to live, but was invited by the YouTuber Bob Nunes to live with his (Bob's) family in a neighborhood in the northern part of the city. From there on the channel began to rise in popularity, however, on 20 January 2013, the channel was hacked and deleted. After this occurrence, Nunes created a new channel on 21 January 2013, that still exists as of 2021.

On 28 February 2018, Nunes and his girlfriend, Luísa Sonza, got married in a religious ceremony in a Catholic chapel with sea view, in Alagoas, Brazil.

On 29 April 2020, through a post on Instagram, Nunes announced his divorce, claiming that Luisa and he had grown apart but remain good friends.

YouTube career

The channel currently has around 42.3 million subscribers, over 3 billion views, and more than 380 videos. The channel has many types of content: from parodies, vlogs, songwriting to movie reviews. Its main marks are its simplistic editing, scenery and costumes used by Nunes, who almost always is shirtless in a messy room, without any type of editing besides cuts. He always starts his videos with the phrase: "Hey guys watching my channel, how are you?" He humorously portrays subjects of his day-to-day life and childhood. The channel is currently the second most influential YouTube channel, according to research by Snack Intelligence. The most watched video of the channel is the parody entitled WHAT IS THE WIFI PASSWORD – Parody Adele – Hello, that exceeds 69 million views.

Nunes also does acting and stand-up. He's in the cast of "Party Crashers 2" with Pc Siqueira, Júlio Cocielo and Maju Trindade as newcomers in the cast and the veterans are: Mariana Ximenes, Marcelo Adnet and Eduardo Sterblitch. Nunes is also in the cast called "Internet – The Movie", along with other famous YouTubers, among them: Kéfera Buchmann, Christian Figueiredo and Rafinha Bastos.

The channel hit 10 million subscribers on 14 July 2016, making it the second most subscribed channel in Brazil, behind only to Porta dos Fundos, later surpassing them to become the most subscribed channel of Brazil less than three months later. In the same year, Snack Intelligence, division of the channel Snack network on YouTube that monitors and analyzes the digital audiovisual market, determined Nunes was the second most influential YouTuber in the world, behind only Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, popularly known as PewDiePie. In addition, a survey released by Google, made in partnership by Provokers and Meio & Mensagem consultants, revealed that Nunes is the second most influential Brazilian personality among 14- to 17-year-olds in Brazil, behind only Luciano Huck.

Music career

Boxing career

On 28 September 2019, Nunes made his amateur boxing debut against Mario Silva in a boxing match for New Champion 2: Grandes Combates in Alphaville, São Paulo, Brazil. Nunes won his amateur bout via unanimous decision.

Exhibition bout with Popó Freitas

On 30 January 2022, Nunes fought WBO super featherweight champion Acelino Freitas in an exhibition bout at the Duo Art Ice, Alphaville in São Paulo, Brazil. The fight ended in a draw after Nunes suffered a horror cut but was able to cling on to hear the final bell after eight rounds.

High Stakes Tournament

On 7 March 2023, it was announced that Nunes had signed a multi fight deal with Kingpyn Boxing to compete in the High Stakes Tournament. On 12 March at the Kingpyn Launch Party, Nunes was matched up with Polish mixed martial arts fighter Filipek for the quarter final of the Kingpyn High Stakes Tournament at Wembley Arena in London, England on 22 April. Nunes won by technical knockout in the 2nd round.

After defeating Filipek, Nunes was matched up with British YouTuber King Kenny for the semi-finals round for the High Stakes Tournament after he defeated Thai YouTuber My Mate Nate. The bout took place on 15 July at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. Nunes lost via unanimous decision.

On 24 August, Happy Punch Promotions revealed that Kingpyn Boxing has not paid some of their fighters and the company is unresponsive.

Professional career

Nunes vs Nate

On 13 September 2023, it was announced that Nunes would make his professional debut against Thai YouTuber My Mate Nate on 14 October, on the undercard of MF & DAZN: X Series 10 – The Prime Card at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. On the night of the fight, Nunes was defeated by Nate via unanimous decision.

Nunes vs Goyat

On 21 May 2024, it was announced that Nunes would face Indian professional boxer and former WBC Asian welterweight champion Neeraj Goyat on the undercard of the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson Netflix event at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, US. Originally scheduled for 20 July, the event was postponed due to a personal health issue with Mike Tyson and took place on 15 November. Nunes lost to Goyat by unanimous decision.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

Boxing record

Professional

Exhibition

Amateur

Awards and nominations

References

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1995 births
Living people
Brazilian male boxers
Brazilian male comedians
Brazilian YouTubers
People from Piauí
Streamy Award winners
YouTube boxers