Kévin Lele Sadjo (born 6 January 1990) is a Cameroonian-born French professional boxer. He held the EBU Super middleweight title from 2021 to 2025.

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 Early years 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 stopped Sequeira in the tenth-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.

European super middleweight champion 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 In 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.

Post-European super middleweight championship Cancelled bout 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. 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 the WBC route as he was the number 1 contender in it.

Sadjo vs. Ahmed 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, the supposedly 10-rounds bout was just for eight rounds at the two videos released of the bout in Dailymotion.

Sadjo vs. Pacheco Despite knocking his opponent to the canvas in the eighth round, Sadjo lost his WBC Silver super-middleweight title, and unbeaten professional record, to Diego Pacheco via unanimous decision at Stockton Arena in Stockton, California, USA, on 13 December 2025.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes31Win30–1Adrian CotaUD104 Jul 202630Win29–1Abdul UbayaUD1010 Jun 202629Win28–1Alaa AlMahmoudTKO8 (12), 27 Mar 202628Win27–1Pavel AlbrechtTKO2 (10)7 Feb 202627Loss26–1Diego PachecoUD1213 Dec 202526Win26–0Martín Ezequiel BulacioRTD4 (10), 28 Aug 202525Win25–0Habib AhmedKO3 (10), 10 May 202524Win24–0Diego ChavesTKO4 (10), 14 Dec 202423Win23–0Durval Elías PalacioUD1213 Jun 202422Win22–0Giovanni De CarolisTKO8 (12), 9 Mar 202421Win21–0Abraham Gabriel BuonarrigoTKO4 (12)2 Dec 202320Win20–0Zeynel ElbirTKO7 (12), 28 May 202319Win19–0Emre ÇukurTKO7 (12)19 Nov 202218Win18–0Badri GogichasviliTKO3 (10)15 Aug 202217Win17–0Jack CullenTKO6 (12), 18 Dec 202116Win16–0Javier Francisco MacielUD817 Jul 202115Win15–0Ronny LandaetaUD105 Dec 202014Win14–0Rolando Wenceslao MansillaTKO1 (12), 16 Nov 201913Win13–0Walter Gabriel SequeiraTKO10 (12), 20 Jul 201912Win12–0John CortezTKO2 (8)29 Jul 201911Win11–0David RadeffTKO8 (8)15 Jun 201910Win10–0Nika GvajavaRTD3 (6), 30 Mar 20199Win9–0Sadok SebkiTKO4 (6)22 Feb 20198Win8–0Djordje MarkovićTKO2 (6), 20 Oct 20187Win7–0Miloš PavićevićTKO3 (6)12 May 20186Win6–0Matiouze RoyerTKO3 (10)20 Mar 20185Win5–0Shamil IsmailovTKO4 (10), 20 Jan 20184Win4–0Otari GogoberishviliTKO4 (6)8 Dec 20173Win3–0Gabriel LecrosnierKO1 (6)11 Nov 20172Win2–0Uladzimir KharkevichTKO2 (6)22 Jul 20171Win1–0Andrejs LoginovsTKO2 (6)17 Jul 2017

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

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