Jack Samuel Bateson is an English

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. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the

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and bronze at the 2013 European Championships.

Early life

Jack Samuel Bateson was born on 3 June 1994 in

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, 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". He had his first amateur fight at the age of 12 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." He attended

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, Leeds, achieving 10

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, before gaining a triple distinction in an Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence course, eventually moving on to study for a

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in Sports Coaching.

Amateur career

During an amateur career in which he competed for

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, securing over 100 wins from 120 fights, he won gold medals at the

, the ABA Championships in 2012 at light-flyweight and again the following year at

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, 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.

Professional career

Bateson made his professional debut on 1 September 2017, scoring a first-round

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(TKO) victory over Zsolt Sarkozi at the

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Banqueting Suite in

. After compiling a record of 12–0 (3 KOs), it was announced in June 2020 that he had signed a management deal with

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. Bateson challenged IBF European and

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European

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champion Danny Quartermaine at

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on 7 December 2024, but the contest was halted in the second round and declared a technical draw on the ringside doctors' advice after both fighters suffered serious cuts in an accidental clash of heads.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

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Jack Bateson's official website
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