# Kévin Sadjo

Kévin Sadjo (born 6 January 1990) is a Cameroonian-born French professional boxer who held the EBU Super middleweight title since August 2021.

## Amateur career

On 3 December 2016, Sadjo fought fellow Cameroonian-French Christian M'billi at the Final amateur bout for 2016 Olympics qualifiers in Montargis, France in which Sadjo fell short on points. Furthermore, Sadjo fought against Bulgarian Radoslav Pantaleev in the 2017 World Series of Boxing, unfortunately losing via 5-rounds unanimous decision.

## Professional career
### Sadjo vs. Ismailov

On 20 January 2018, after composing a record of 4–0 all by knockouts, Sadjo was matched up against the reigning FFB super middleweight champion Shamil Ismailov for the French super middleweight crown at Levallois-Perret in Paris. Sadjo dethroned the opposition, stopping Ismailov in the fourth round with 10-seconds left in the round.
On 30 March 2018, Sadjo defended his title against journeyman Matiouze Royer in Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan. Sadjo won via third-round TKO.

### Sadjo vs. Sequeira

On 20 July 2019, Sadjo challenged regional challenger and the reigning WBC Latino light heavyweight champion Walter Gabriel Sequeira for the vacant WBA Inter-Continental super middleweight crown in Palais des Sports de Marseille for 12 rounds, Sadjo came out on top as he finishes his foe in the 10th round.

### Sadjo vs. Mansilla

On 16 November 2019, Sadjo made the first defence of his WBA crown against Argentine and reigning WBO Latino super middleweight champion Rolando Wenceslao Mansilla, Sadjo retained his title with a first-round TKO victory inside 1 minute and 11 seconds after Mansilla sustained fibular fracture and ankle sprain.

### Sadjo vs. Landaeta

After a year of inactivity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sadjo defended his WBA Inter-Continental crown on 5 December 2020, Sadjo fought Spanish-Venezuelan contender Ronny Landaeta for the vacant title at Levallois-Perret, Sadjo outscored the challenger over ten rounds.

### Sadjo vs. Cullen

After Lerrone Richards lost the EBU super middleweight title in a bid for the IBO world championship, the European championship turned vacant again. The EBU ordered the vacant title to be fought for by English contender Jack Cullen and the short-notice foe Sadjo on 18 December 2021 at the AO Arena, in the undercard of the Joseph Parker vs. Derek Chisora II event, Sadjo landed a vicious body shot that dropped and stunned Cullen en route to referee John Latham halting the contest a decision justified by Cullen having to lay down for several minutes in the canvas. As Sadjo's triumph fills the air of the arena in Manchester, Sadjo sparked controversy as he celebrated by screaming in overjoy and later began showboating with press-ups as Cullen received a medical check which caused the crowd to go furious and started booing and Sadjo even earned a warning from the referee himself.

### Sadjo vs. Cukur

On July 2022, Sadjo was announced to make his first defense of his continental crown against Turkish-German contender Emre Cukur, set for 17 September 2022 at Créteil, France. However the match was postponed and moved to November 19, in which, both fighters had a tune-up fight with Sadjo stopping overmatched Georgian Badri Gogichasvili in August 15 and Cukur tying with veteran French campaigner Hadillah Mohoumadi. Sadjo retained his European crown via seventh-round TKO.

### Sadjo vs. Elbir

On 28 May 2023 in Créteil, France, Sadjo battles against Turkish Zeynel (Sven) Elbir for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental super middleweight title, Sadjo won via seventh-round TKO.

### Sadjo vs. De Carolis

Sadjo challenged long time super middleweight contender, former WBA world champion and Italian veteran Giovanni De Carolis in bid for Sadjo's European belt at Marseille, however, De Carolis had to withdraw after sustaining a shoulder injury, thus, Sadjo defended his WBO Inter-Continental title instead against late-replacement Argentine Abraham Gabriel Buonarrigo, whereas, Sadjo won via fourth-round TKO. Sadjo's defense against De Carolis was then set at the prestigious Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan in Levallois-Perret on 9 March 2024, Sadjo defeated the long-time warrior via eighth-round stoppage.

### Sadjo vs. Palacio

On 13 June 2024, Sadjo fought the Argentine light heavyweight champion Durval Elias Palacio for the vacant WBC Silver super middleweight title in Zénith Paris, Sadjo won via unanimous decision.

### Sadjo vs. Chaves

On 14 December 2024, Sadjo squared-off against former WBA Interim welterweight champion Diego Chaves in Grand Hyatt Baha Mar at Nassau, The Bahamas, Sadjo stopped Chaves in the fourth round.

### Sadjo vs M'billi

On 9 January 2025, the IBF ordered a title eliminator bout between Sadjo and amateur rival Christian M'billi in which, a purse bid will have to take place. On 30 January 2025, it was announced that Sadjo's promoter Yohan Zaoui of Y12 Promotions won the purse bid via posting a bid of $878,000 to outbid M'billi's Eye of the Tiger Promotions' bid of $767,000 and therefore gained promotional rights and set the contest on May in Paris, France.

## Professional boxing record

| 24 fights | 24 wins | 0 losses |
| By knockout | 21 | 0 |
| By decision | 3 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 24 | Win | 24–0 | Diego Chaves | TKO | 4 (10), 2:11 | 14 Dec 2014 | Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, Nassau, The Bahamas | |
| 23 | Win | 23–0 | Durval Elías Palacio | UD | 12 | 13 Jun 2024 | Zénith, Paris, France | Won vacant WBC Silver super middleweight title |
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Giovanni De Carolis | TKO | 8 (12), 2:21 | 9 Mar 2024 | Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Paris, France | Retained European super middleweight title |
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Abraham Gabriel Buonarrigo | TKO | 4 (12) | 2 Dec 2023 | Palais des Sports, Marseille, France | Retained WBO Inter-Continental super middleweight title |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Zeynel Elbir | TKO | 7 (12), 2:11 | 28 May 2023 | Palais des Sports Robert Oubron, Créteil, France | Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental super middleweight title |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Emre Çukur | TKO | 7 (12) | 19 Nov 2022 | La Palestre, Le Cannet, France | Retained European super middleweight title |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Badri Gogichasvili | TKO | 3 (10) | 15 Aug 2022 | Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France | |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Jack Cullen | TKO | 6 (12), 1:11 | 18 Dec 2021 | AO Arena, Manchester, England | Won vacant European super middleweight title |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Javier Francisco Maciel | UD | 8 | 17 Jul 2021 | Stade du Heysel, Brussels, Belgium | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Ronny Landaeta | UD | 10 | 5 Dec 2020 | Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Parsi, France | Retained WBA Inter-Continental super middleweight title |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Rolando Wenceslao Mansilla | TKO | 1 (12), 1:11 | 16 Nov 2019 | Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Paris, Fance | Retained WBA Inter-Continental super middleweight title |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Walter Gabriel Sequeira | TKO | 10 (12), 1:08 | 20 Jul 2019 | Palais des Sports, Marseille, France | Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental super middleweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | John Cortez | TKO | 2 (8) | 29 Jul 2019 | Arènes, Fréjus, France | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | David Radeff | TKO | 8 (8) | 15 Jun 2019 | Patinoire, Amiens, France | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Nika Gvajava | RTD | 3 (6), 3:00 | 30 Mar 2019 | Centre Pierre Brossolette, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Sadok Sebki | TKO | 4 (6) | 22 Feb 2019 | Château des Rochers, Nogent-sur-Oise, France | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Djordje Marković | TKO | 2 (6), 1:52 | 20 Oct 2018 | Canal Olympia, Dakar, Senegal | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Miloš Pavićević | TKO | 3 (6) | 12 May 2018 | Gymnase Cosec, Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, France | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Matiouze Royer | TKO | 3 (10) | 20 Mar 2018 | Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Paris, France | Retained French super middleweight title |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Shamil Ismailov | TKO | 4 (10), 2:50 | 20 Jan 2018 | Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Paris, France | Won vacant French super middleweight title |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Otari Gogoberishvili | TKO | 4 (6) | 8 Dec 2017 | Salle jean Vilain, Fréjus, France | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Gabriel Lecrosnier | KO | 1 (6) | 11 Nov 2017 | Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Uladzimir Kharkevich | TKO | 2 (6) | 22 Jul 2017 | Salle Roger Maillaud, Nouzonville, France | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Andrejs Loginovs | TKO | 2 (6) | 17 Jul 2017 | Salle Jean Cochet, Chartres, France | |

## Personal life

Sadjo was born in the Cameroon capital Yaoundé and currently resides in Créteil, France, he studied AEI at Paris-East Créteil University.