[7] Askat started kickboxing when he was 13 years old under the guidance of Talai Duishekeev at the "School of higher sportsmanship" in Taraz.
[10] The second fight took place on September 29, 2018, in the universal sports palace "Wings of the Soviets" in Moscow against Latvian boxer Edgars Kalnars.
[10][12] On March 24, 2019, Zantursynov had his fourth fight in his professional career in the multifunctional complex Almaty Arena, where his rival was Georgian boxer Ramazi Gogichashvili.
Due to the fact that his opponent from Azerbajdzhan (Kazim Umudov) could not arrive in time, the fight did not take place in Almaty.
Askat had his seventh professional fight against the Turk Serdar Sirin on April 30, 2023, at the Mustafa Oncel Sports Complex, Istanbul, Turkey.
Order from the Department of Sport of Taraz «Облысқа сінiрген енбегi үшін белгісiмен марапатталады Oblyska sinirgen yenbegi ushin belgisimen marapattaldy» (For services to the region).