Posted on 12/19/2020 By: Sean Crose Some will say he looked like his old self. Some will say he looked like he just stepped out of a pyramid. No matter. After being out of the ring for over a year, Gennadiy Golovkin returned Friday night with a dominant performance over widely unknown mandatory challenger Kamil Szeremeta. Two things about this bout were of particular note. The first was that Szeremeta was as tough as they come. The second was that Golovkin remains almost brutal to watch once he’s breaking an opponent down. The 21-1 Szeremeta was sent to the mat in the first round and was sent to the canvas a subsequent three more times, the last time with a jab. Szeremeta kept getting up, but his performance simply didn’t improve. The the 41-1-1 Golovkin simply kept beating him up. As Floyd Mayweather famously claims, there’s levels to this game, and Golovkin was levels ahead of Szeremeta, the mandatory challenger for Golovkin’s IBF title. Moving forward, jabbing like a master, and thudding to the body, Golovkin, at 38 years of age, showed that he can still impress. Whether or not he can still impress against the best in the business may remain to be seen, but it’s obvious the man can remains a frightening ring presence.