# Jack Bateson

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.

## Early life

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". 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 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.

## Amateur career

During an amateur career in which he competed for Team GB, securing over 100 wins from 120 fights, 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.

## Professional career

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.
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.

## Professional boxing record

| 18 fights | 17 wins | 1 loss |
| By knockout | 4 | 1 |
| By decision | 13 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 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 | |