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Born | Leeds, England | June 3, 1994||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Total fights | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Website | https://jackbateson.co.uk |
Jack Samuel Bateson is an English professional boxer. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games and bronze at the 2013 European Championships.
Jack Samuel Bateson was born on 3 June 1994 in Leeds, England. He began boxing at the age of nine, explaining in an interview with Boxing Social, "I only started boxing when I were about nine because me older brother Tom packed up and I felt a bit sorry for me dad who coached him". [2] He had his first amateur fight at the age of 12 [3] and remained unbeaten in 12 bouts before suffering his first defeat while representing England, saying on the loss, "Before I knew it, I were unbeaten in 12 and boxing for England against Ireland. I lost by a point and cried my eyes out. I never wanted to experience that pain again." [2]
He attended Allerton High School in Alwoodley, Leeds, achieving 10 GCSEs, before gaining a triple distinction in an Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence course, eventually moving on to study for a foundation degree in Sports Coaching. [4]
During an amateur career in which he competed for Team GB, securing over 100 wins from 120 fights, [2] he won gold medals at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, the ABA Championships in 2012 at light-flyweight and again the following year at flyweight, and a bronze medal at the 2013 European Championships. He also competed at the 2011 European Youth Championships, 2012 Youth World Championships, 2013 World Championships and the 2014 European Union Championships. [5]
Bateson made his professional debut on 1 September 2017, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory over Zsolt Sarkozi at the Elland Road Banqueting Suite in Leeds. [6]
After compiling a record of 12–0 (3 KOs), it was announced in June 2020 that he had signed a management deal with MTK Global. [7]
18 fights | 17 wins | 1 loss |
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By knockout | 4 | 1 |
By decision | 13 | 0 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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18 | Loss | 17–1 | Shabaz Masoud | TKO | 12 (12), 2:00 | 11 Nov 2022 | Utilita Arena Sheffield, Sheffield, England | Lost WBA Inter-Continental super bantamweight title |
17 | Win | 17–0 | Diego Alberto Ruiz | UD | 10 | 18 Jun 2022 | Elland Road Banqueting Suite, Leeds, England | Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental super bantamweight title |
16 | Win | 16–0 | Stefan Nicolae | TKO | 3 (6), 2:05 | 18 Mar 2022 | Elland Road Banqueting Suite, Leeds, England | |
15 | Win | 15–0 | Ramez Mahmood | UD | 10 | 12 Nov 2021 | Elland Road Banqueting Suite, Leeds, England | Won vacant English super bantamweight title |
14 | Win | 14–0 | Felix Garcia | PTS | 6 | 4 Sep 2021 | Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds, England | |
13 | Win | 13–0 | Joe Ham | PTS | 8 | 17 Apr 2021 | University of Bolton Stadium, Bolton, England | |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Matt Craddock | PTS | 6 | 13 Sep 2020 | Hangar 34, Liverpool, England | |
11 | Win | 11–0 | Khvicha Gigolashvili | PTS | 6 | 6 Sep 2019 | Elland Road Banqueting Suite, Leeds, England | |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Bayardo Ramos | PTS | 8 | 15 Jun 2019 | First Direct Arena, Leeds, England | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Pablo Narvaez | TKO | 1 (8), 2:28 | 2 Mar 2019 | Elland Road Banqueting Suite, Leeds, England | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Elvis Guillen | PTS | 6 | 23 Nov 2018 | Elland Road Banqueting Suite, Leeds, England | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Scott McCormack | PTS | 6 | 7 Sep 2018 | Elland Road Banqueting Suite, Leeds, England | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Jose Hernandez | PTS | 4 | 19 May 2018 | Elland Road Banqueting Suite, Leeds, England | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Rafael Castillo | PTS | 4 | 20 Apr 2018 | Elland Road Banqueting Suite, Leeds, England | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Jose Aguilar | PTS | 4 | 2 Mar 2018 | Elland Road Banqueting Suite, Leeds, England | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Brett Fidoe | PTS | 4 | 24 Nov 2017 | Elland Road Banqueting Suite, Leeds, England | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Kamil Jaworek | TKO | 2 (4), 1:18 | 21 Oct 2017 | First Direct Arena, Leeds, England | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Zsolt Sarkozi | TKO | 1 (4), 2:29 | 1 Sep 2017 | Elland Road Banqueting Suite, Leeds, England | |
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