On June 19, 2021, a 31-year-old Kamil Szeremeta (21-1, 5 KOs) and a 24-year-old Mexican boxer Jaime Munguía (36-0, 29 KOs) met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Szeremeta came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 22% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 1 day. Munguía was on a 36-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 20 days.
Jaime Munguía stopped Kamil Szeremeta via RTD in the 6th round. Munguía improves his record to 37-0 (30 KOs), while Szeremeta adds a loss to his record at 21-2.
On December 18, 2020, a 31-year-old Kamil Szeremeta (21-0, 5 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight IBF title held by 38-year-old Kazakhstani boxer Gennady Golovkin (40-1-1, 35 KOs).
Szeremeta came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 23% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 2 months, and 13 days. Golovkin was on a 2-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 2 months, and 13 days.
The challenger refused to continue the fight in the 7th round, and Gennady Golovkin is crowned the new middleweight world champion. Golovkin improves his record to 41-1-1 (36 KOs), while Szeremeta adds a loss to his record at 21-1.