At the age of 25, Sagadat made his debut in February, 2018. A prospect at 154 pounds, he is a former amateur standout in his native Kazakhstan.
He is a stablemate of Top Rank’s rising superstar, three-division world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko – who was voted the Boxing Writers Association’s “2017 Fighter of the Year” – WBC light heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk, welterweight prospect Alexander Besputin, and super lightweight prospect Maxim Dadashev. All are managed by Egis Klimas, the Boxing Writers Association of America’s “Manager of the Year” in in 2016 and 2017, and promoted by Top Rank.
In his last fight on November 3 in El Paso, Texas, he lost an eight-round unanimous decision against Nicklaus Flaz.
In an earlier interview, Sagadat said through an interpreter, “I moved here to Oxnard, California, on August 31st, 2017, and I’ve been training at the Boxing Laboratory gym four times a week. I moved here to pursue my goal, which is to become world champion.
“I’m living here with two of my friends from Kazakhstan. Meiirim Nursultanov is my roommate in an apartment, and Madiyar Ashkeyev lives with a family nearby. We all came here together and they have signed with my manager, Egis Klimas, too.
“My first boxing coach was like my best friend. We were very, very close. He was always telling me, ‘Sagadat, you need to go to professional.’ One day, my coach died and I thought I should take his advice and go professional. I had four managers on my list, but I decided to call Egis Klimas first. One of my friends had his phone number, so I called him. Egis said, ‘Give me a couple of days. I’m going to find out who you are.’ He asked my friends about me – they said I was a very good guy, and Egis decided to sign me.
“I’m a boxer who adapts to my opponent – whatever I need to do to get the win, that’s what I’ll do. I’m a very versatile boxer.
“The biggest difference between training here and training in Kazakhstan is that we work a lot more on conditioning here. We also have a very tough team for sparring. There wasn’t much sparring back home. It was mostly amateur boxing – we would fight five times a week.
“My trainer, Marco Contreras, doesn’t speak Russian but he works with a lot of Russian fighters here. He can communicate very well in the corner using his hands.
“My friends call me Saga, but I don’t have a ring name.”
AMATEUR, PERSONAL BACKGROUND: Sagadat said through an interpreter, “I was born in Taraz, Kazakhstan. I have two brothers – one is older than me, and one is younger – and one older sister. My father is self-employed in the sales business, and my mother is a doctor. I’m the only boxer in my family.
“I was 12 years old when I started boxing. One day, my father decided I was old enough for sports. He took my hand and we walked into a boxing gym.
“I had around 250 amateur fights, with around 25 losses.
“I’m naturally right-handed. I speak only the Kazakh language and Russian. I’m single, no children.”…
AMATEUR HIGHLIGHTS:
2017 ABDUSALAM NURMAKHANOV MEMORIAL – Turkistan, Kazakhstan, 165 pounds: in his first fight on 4-15-17 he lost a 2-1 decision against Gabit Omirali of Kazakhstan…
2016 KAZAKH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – Pavlodar, Kazakhstan, 152 pounds: in his first fight on 11-20-16 he won a 3-0 decision against Rasul Zhambirbay; in his second fight on 11-22-16 he won a 3-0 decision against Salauat Mirzabayev; in the quarterfinals on 11-24-16 he was stopped in the 2nd round against Almasbek Alibekov…
2016 KARAKOZY ABDALIYEV MEMORIAL – Shymkent, Kazakhstan, 152 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: in his first fight on 10-11-16 he won a 3-0 decision against Maulen Oskenbek of Kazakhstan; in the quarterfinals on 10-12-16 he won a 3-0 decision against Otabek Turdikhuzhayev of Uzbekistan; in the semifinals on 10-13-16 he won a 3-0 decision against Vladislav Preobrazhenskiy; in the finals on 10-15-16 he won by walkover against Aslanbek Shymbergenov of Kazakhstan…
2015 GALYM ZHARYLGAPOV MEMORIAL – Karaganda, Kazakhstan, 152 pounds – BRONZE MEDALIST: in his first fight on 12-18-15 he defeated Qi Shengzhe of China; in the quarterfinals on 12-19-15 he won a 3-0 decision against Rustam Shaimerdinov of Kazakhstan; in the semifinals on 12-20-15 he lost a 3-0 decision against Almaz Tleubergenov of Kazakhstan…
2015 VLLAZNIA MEMORIAL – Shkoder, Albania, 152 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: in the quarterfinals (his first fight) on 4-16-15 he won a 3-0 decision against Abbas Baraou of Germany; in the semifinals on 4-17-15 he won a 2-1 decision against Youba Ndiaye Sissokho of Spain; in the finals on 4-18-15 he won a 2-1 decision against Alban Beqiri of Albania…
2015 GEE-BEE TOURNAMENT – Helsinki, Finland, 152 pounds – BRONZE MEDALIST: in the quarterfinals (his first fight) on 3-13-15 he won a 3-0 decision against Henrik Enroth of Finland; in the semifinals on 3-14-15 he lost a 2-1 decision against Chris Mbwakongo of England…
2014 KAZAKH FEDERATION TEAM CUP – Almaty, Kazakhstan, 152 pounds: on 12-14-14 he won a decision against Nursultan Salikhov…
2014 KAZAKH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – Taraz, Kazakhstan, 152 pounds – SILVER MEDALIST: in his first fight on 11-28-14 he won a 3-0 decision against Adil Eyvazov; in his second fight on 11-30-14 he won a 3-0 decision against Magzhan Amangeldiev; in the quarterfinals on 12-1-14 he won a 3-0 decision against Abai Tolesh; in the semifinals on 12-3-14 he won a 2-1 decision against Madiyar Ashkeyev; in the finals on 12-4-14 he lost a 2-1 decision against Aslanbek Shymbergenov…
2014 PRESIDENT’S CUP – Almaty, Kazakhstan, 152 pounds – SILVER MEDALIST: in the quarterfinals (his first fight) on 7-10-14 he won a 3-0 decision against Tamerlan Abdullayev of Azerbaijan; in the semifinals on 7-12-14 he won a 3-0 decision against Arisnoide Despaigne of Cuba; in the finals on 7-13-14 he lost a 3-0 decision against Daniyar Eleusinov of Kazakhstan…
2014 CISM CHAMPIONSHIPS – Almaty, Kazakhstan, 152 pounds – BRONZE MEDALIST: in his first fight on 5-29-14 he stopped Arshad Hussain of Pakistan in the 2nd round; in the quarterfinals on 5-31-14 he won a 3-0 decision against Badreddine Haddioui of Morocco; in the semifinals on 6-2-14 he lost a 2-1 decision against Alexis Vastine of France…
2014 KONSTANTIN KOROTKOV MEMORIAL – Khabarovsk, Russia, 152 pounds – BRONZE MEDALIST: in the quarterfinals (his first fight) on 5-14-14 he won a 2-1 decision against Amin Ghasemipour of Iran; in the semifinals on 5-17-14 he lost against Parviz Bagirov of Azerbaijan…
2014 GREAT SILK WAY TOURNAMENT – Baku, Azerbaijan, 152 pounds – BRONZE MEDALIST: in his first fight on 3-6-14 he won a 3-0 decision against Nabah Hzam of Qatar; in the quarterfinals on 3-7-14 he stopped Serdar Hudayberdiev of Turkey; in the semifinals on 3-8-14 he was stopped against Igor Kharitonov of Russia…
2014 INTERNATIONAL TEAM TOURNAMENT – Astana, Kazakhstan, 152 pounds – Series of Duals: on 2-17-14 he won a 2-1 decision against Israil Madrimov of Uzbekistan; on 2-19-14 he won a 2-1 decision against Sergey Sobylinskiy of Russia…
2013 KAZAKH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – Atyrau, Kazakhstan, 152 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: in his first fight on 11-22-13 he stopped Almasbek Alibekov in the 1st round; in his second fight on 11-24-13 he won a 3-0 decision against Maxim Panarin; in the quarterfinals on 11-26-13 he won a 3-0 decision against Kanagat Maralov; in the semifinals on 11-27-13 he won a 2-1 decision against Manat Omirzhakov; in the finals on 11-28-13 he won a 3-0 decision against Almazbek Uryngaliyev…
2013 DUISENKUL SHOPOKOV MEMORIAL – Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 152 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: in his first fight on 1-30-13 he won a 10-6 decision against Adilet Abylashimov of Kyrgyzstan; in his second fight on 1-31-13 he won a 12-9 decision against Musa Sakhov of Kyrgyzstan; in the quarterfinals on 2-1-13 he won an 11-4 decision against Kaysar Tashmamat of China; in the semifinals on 2-2-13 he won a 9-7 decision against Abdu-Said Masyumov of Kyrgyzstan in the finals on 2-3-13 he won a 10-2 decision against Erkin Bolotbek of Kyrgyzstan…
2012 LIVENTSEV MEMORIAL – Minsk, Belarus, 152 pounds: in his first fight on 5-17-12 he lost a 12-9 decision against Dmitriy Milyusha of Belarus…
2012 DUISENKUL SHOPOKOV MEMORIAL – Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 152 pounds: in his first fight on 1-26-12 he lost a 14-8 decision against Asadullo Boimurodov of Kyrgyzstan…
2011 KAZAKH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – Almaty, Kazakhstan, 141 pounds: in his first fight on 2-15-11 he lost a 5-1 decision against Batyrkhan Djukenbayev…
2010 BEKZAT SATTARKHANOV YOUTH MEMORIAL – Turkistan, Kazakhstan, 141 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST [incomplete results]: in the finals on 4-4-10 he defeated Bekzod Khalmetov of Kazakhstan…
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 4 fights…25 total rounds…
AVERAGE LENGTH OF BOUTS: 6.25 rounds…
KNOCKOUT PERCENTAGE: of total fights – 25 %…of wins – 33 %…
DISTANCE FIGHTS: 8 rounds – 1 (0-1)…6 rounds – 2 (2-0)…
