Sadjo vs Carolis

Who won Sadjo vs Carolis?

Kevin Lele Sadjo beat Giovanni De Carolis by technical knockout in the 8th round on Saturday 9th March 2024 at Palais des Sport Marcel Cerdan in Levallois-Perret.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 168 pounds (12 stone or 76.2 KG).

The undercard featured the clash of Diallo vs Mohammedi.

Sadjo vs Carolis stats

Kevin Lele Sadjo stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 21 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Giovanni De Carolis made his way to the ring with a record of 33 wins, 10 loses and 1 draw, with 16 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Sadjo had a massive power advantage over De Carolis, boosting at 90% knock out percentage over De Carolis' 48%.

Kevin Lele Sadjo was the younger man by 5 years, at 34 years old.

De Carolis had a height advantage of 4 inches over Sadjo.

Both Kevin Lele Sadjo & Giovanni De Carolis fought out of an orthodox stance.

Sadjo was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 23 less fights, and made his debut in 2017, 9 year and 7 months later than De Carolis, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 229 less professional rounds, 102 to De Carolis' 331.

Kevin Lele Sadjo went into the fight ranked number 6 by the WBC, 8 by the WBO and 7 by the IBF at super middleweight.

Sadjo vs Carolis form

Giovanni De Carolis had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Daniele Scardina on 13th May 2022 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Allianz Cloud, Lombardia, Italy.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Lerrone Richards on 15th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Manchester Arena, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Tyron Zeuge on 5th November 2016 by knockout in the 12th round in their WBA World Super Middleweight championship fight at MBS Arena, Potsdam, Germany.

Before that, he had drawn with Tyron Zeuge on 16th July 2016 by majority draw in their 12 round contest in their WBA World Super Middleweight championship fight at Max Schmeling Halle, Prenzlauer Berg.

He had beat Vincent Feigenbutz on 9th January 2016 by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBA World Super Middleweight championship fight at Baden-Arena, Offenburg.

Activity check

Sadjo's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

De Carolis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 2 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 52 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.4 rounds on average.

What time did Sadjo vs Carolis start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM UTC at Palais des Sport Marcel Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, France, which was 3:00 PM EST or 12:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 8:00 PM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Sadjo vs Carolis?

Kevin Lele Sadjo was a 1/12 (-1200) favourite going into the contest, while Giovanni De Carolis made his way into the ring at 6/1 (+600) with oddsmakers.