Kamil Szeremeta (born 11 October 1989) is a Polish professional boxer who held the European middleweight title from 2018 to 2019. As of June 2020, he is ranked as the world's seventh best active middleweight by The Ring[2] and eighth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.[3]

Kamil Szeremeta
Born (1989-10-11) 11 October 1989 (age 35)
Białystok, Poland
Statistics
Weight(s)Middleweight
Height5 ft 9+12 in (177 cm)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record[1]
Total fights30
Wins25
Wins by KO8
Losses3
Draws2

Professional career

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Szeremeta made his professional debut on 2 December 2012, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory over Janos Lakatos at the OSiR Huragan Arena in Wołomin, Poland.[4]

After compiling a record of 16–0 (2 KOs) he was due to face European middleweight champion, Emanuele Blandamura. After Blandamura relinquished the European title to face WBA (Regular) middleweight champion Ryōta Murata, Szeremeta faced Alessandro Goddi for the vacant European title on 23 February 2018 at the Palasport V.le Tiziano in Rome, Italy. Szeremeta defeated Goddi, capturing the title via second-round technical knockout (TKO).[5]

He made two successful defences of the title – a tenth-round knockout (KO) against Ruben Diaz in September[6] and a unanimous decision (UD) against Andrew Francillette in March 2019[7] – followed by an eight-round UD victory in a non-title fight against Edwin Palacios in July.[8] Szeremeta was due to face mandatory challenger Matteo Signani, but chose to relinquish his European title in order to face Oscar Cortés in a final eliminator for the IBF middleweight title. The bout took place on 5 October 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, as part of the undercard for the vacant IBF title fight between Gennady Golovkin and Sergiy Derevyanchenko. Szeremeta defeated Cortés via second-round TKO to set up a fight with Golovkin, who defeated Derevyanchenko to capture the IBF title.[9]

The fight against Golovkin took place on 18 December 2020 in Hollywood, Florida, with Golovkin's IBF and IBO middleweight titles on the line. Szeremeta was unable to overcome the odds, and was dropped by his opponent four times over the course of the fight. After seven rounds, Szeremeta did not come out for the eighth, losing by seventh-round corner retirement and suffering his first professional loss.[10]

On 19 June 2021, Szeremeta faced undefeated Jaime Munguía on short notice. Despite never being knocked down in the bout, Szeremeta was outgunned and could not match the damage that Munguía was inflicting. He suffered a second successive corner retirement loss, this time after six rounds.[11]

Professional boxing record

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29 fights 25 wins 2 losses
By knockout 8 2
By decision 17 0
Draws 2
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
30 Loss 25–3–2   Chris Eubank Jr KO 7 (12), 1:45 12 Oct 2024   Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia For vacant IBO middleweight title
29 Draw 25–2–2   Abel Mina UD 8 24 Feb 2024   Opera i Filharmonia Podlaska, Bialystok, Poland
28 Win 25–2–1   Omir Rodriguez UD 8 4 Nov 2023   Nosalowy Dwór, Zakopane, Poland
27 Win 24–2–1   Nizar Trimech RTD 3 (10), 3:00 5 Nov 2023   Opera i Filharmonia Podlaska, Bialystok, Poland
26 Win 23–2–1   Vladyslav Gela RTD 7 (8), 3:00 1 Oct 2022   MOSiR Hall, Lublin, Poland
25 Win 22–2–1   Sasha Yengoyan TKO 10 (10), 1:57 26 Mar 2022   Opera i Filharmonia Podlaska, Bialystok, Poland
24 Draw 21–2–1   Nizar Trimech MD 8 27 Nov 2021   Hala Widowiskowo, Ostroleka, Poland
23 Loss 21–2   Jaime Munguía RTD 6 (12), 3:00 19 Jun 2021   Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas, U.S. For WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title
22 Loss 21–1   Gennady Golovkin RTD 7 (12), 3:00 18 Dec 2020   Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, US For IBF and IBO middleweight titles
21 Win 21–0   Oscar Cortés TKO 2 (8), 0:45 5 Oct 2019   Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US
20 Win 20–0   Edwin Palacios UD 8 6 Jul 2019   Stadion Miejski, Rzeszów, Poland
19 Win 19–0   Andrew Francillette UD 12 9 Mar 2019   Palais du Littoral, Grande-Synthe, France Retained European middleweight title
18 Win 18–0   Ruben Diaz KO 10 (12), 2:58 22 Sep 2018   Hala Sportowa im. Olimpijczykow, Łomża, Poland Retained European middleweight title
17 Win 17–0   Alessandro Goddi TKO 2 (10) 23 Feb 2018   Palasport V.le, Rome, Italy Won vacant European middleweight title
16 Win 16–0   Sebastian Skrzypczynski UD 8 22 Apr 2017   Legionowo Arena, Legionowo, Poland
15 Win 15–0   Jose Antonio Villalobos UD 8 25 Feb 2017   Azoty Arena, Szczecin, Poland
14 Win 14–0   Kassim Ouma UD 10 20 Aug 2016   Amfiteatr, Międzyzdroje, Poland
13 Win 13–0   Artem Karpets RTD 5 (8), 3:00 20 Feb 2016   Legionowo Arena, Legionowo, Poland
12 Win 12–0   Patrick Mendy UD 8 26 Sep 2015   Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland
11 Win 11–0   Arthur Hermann UD 10 22 Aug 2015   Amfiteatr, Międzyzdroje, Poland
10 Win 10–0   Rafał Jackiewicz UD 10 18 Apr 2015   Legionowo Arena, Legionowo, Poland
9 Win 9–0   Jose Yebes UD 8 5 Dec 2014   Kopalnia Soli, Wieliczka, Poland
8 Win 8–0   Howard Cospolite UD 8 18 Oct 2014   Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland
7 Win 7–0   Lukasz Wawrzyczek UD 8 26 Apr 2014   Legionowo Arena, Legionowo, Poland
6 Win 6–0   Ivica Gogosevic TKO 3 (6), 2:50 15 Mar 2014   Hotel Arłamów, Arłamów, Poland
5 Win 5–0   Daniel Urbanski UD 6 19 Oct 2013   Kolpania Soli, Wieliczka, Poland
4 Win 4–0   Ismail Teboev MD 6 29 Jun 2013   Amfiteatr, Ostróda, Poland
3 Win 3–0   Robert Talarek MD 4 18 May 2014   Legionowo Arena, Legionowo, Poland
2 Win 2–0   Dzianas Makar PTS 4 9 Dec 2012   Hala Sportowa, Białobrzegi, Poland
1 Win 1–0   Janos Lakatos PTS 4 2 Dec 2012   OSiR Huragan Arena, Wołomin, Poland

References

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  1. ^ "Boxing record for Kamil Szeremeta". BoxRec.
  2. ^ "Ratings". The Ring. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. ^ "RANKINGS | Transnational Boxing Rankings Board". Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  4. ^ "BoxRec: Kamil Szeremeta vs. Janos Lakatos". boxrec.com. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  5. ^ Iwańczuk, Andrzej (23 February 2018). "Boks. Kamil Szeremeta znokautował Włocha i został mistrzem Europy". sport.interia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Kamil Szeremeta znokautował rywala w obronie tytułu mistrza Europy". sport.onet.pl (in Polish). 23 September 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  7. ^ Donovan, Jake (9 March 2019). "Kamil Szeremeta Beats Francillette, Enters GGG Sweepstakes". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Knockout Boxing Night 7: Edwin Palacios bez szans w starciu z Kamilem Szeremetą". sport.onet.pl (in Polish). 6 July 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  9. ^ Rafael, Dan (13 October 2019). "Hearn: Titlist GGG may face Szeremeta in Feb". ESPN.com. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Gennadiy Golovkin drops Kamil Szeremeta four times to earn stoppage win, breaks title record | DAZN News UK". DAZN. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  11. ^ Christ, Scott (19 June 2021). "Results and highlights: Munguia dominates Szeremeta, Rosado destroys Melikuziev". Bad Left Hook. Retrieved 22 June 2021.