Kévin Sadjo

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.^[1][2] Furthermore, Sadjo fought against Bulgarian Radoslav Pantaleev in the 2017 World Series of Boxing, unfortunately losing via 5-rounds unanimous decision.^[2]

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.^[3]

On 30 March 2018, Sadjo defended his title against journeyman Matiouze Royer in Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan.^[4] Sadjo won via third-round TKO.^[5]

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 stopped Sequeira in the tenth-round.^[5][6]

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,^[6] Sadjo retained his title with a first-round TKO victory inside 1 minute and 11 seconds after Mansilla sustained fibular fracture and ankle sprain.^[5][7]

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.^[8][9]

After Lerrone Richards lost the EBU super middleweight title in a bid for the IBO world championship, the European championship turned vacant again.^[10] 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.^[11][12] 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.^[13]

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.^[14] 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.^[15][16] Sadjo retained his European crown via seventh-round TKO.^[17]

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.^[5]

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.^[18][19] 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.^[20]

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,^[21] Sadjo won via unanimous decision.^[5]

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.^[22]

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.^[1] 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.^[23][24] Next month however, the bout would be in "jeopardy" after Eye of the Tiger Promotions' president Camille Estephan stated: "We have suffered an injustice and we do not accept it," Estephan also added that there are other avenues just as interesting for M'Billi, Estephan's decline was thoroughly stated at The Ring's report, the report stated that Estephan felt duped after Y12 Promotions released a poster with the "May" date in place, beyond the 90-days deadline, which was granted by the IBF, the bout was supposedly taking place on 8 May the Victory Day in France and other European nations. M'Billi instead pursued a route in the WBC route as he was the number 1 contender in it.^[25][26]

On 10 May 2025, in the Cissokho-Kavaliauskas boxing card, Sadjo fought 30–3–1 former world title-challenger Ghanaian Habib Ahmed for 10 rounds in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Sadjo knocked Ahmed out with a body shot in the third round,^[27] the supposedly 10-rounds bout was just for 8 rounds at the two videos released of the bout in Dailymotion.^[28][29]

Sadjo was born in the Cameroon capital Yaoundé and currently resides in Créteil, France, he studied AEI at Paris-East Créteil University.^[30]