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- Updated: October 25, 2016
In the ring for the first time for half a year, a change in weight divisions and desperate to get his career back on track.
The pressure was on for boxer Jack Bateson who was competing at the famous Tammer Tournament in Finland at the weekend looking to put his Olympic snub behind him.
The 22-year-old from Leeds, supported on the Sky Academy Sports Scholarship scheme since 2012, gives a blow-by-blow account of his glorious return……
After six months out of the ring and making the decision to move up a weight division from Flyweight to Bantamweight, I was excited but apprehensive as to how things were going to pan out.
It has been a tough start to the year and so I was keen to get back down to business and kick-start my career.
The Tammer Tournament was the perfect opportunity and I had unfinished business to deal with in Finland.
I had competed twice there in 2012 and 2014 when I won silver and missed out on topping the podium and hearing the English national anthem.
The challenge wasn’t just to improve on my two previous results at the event, it was also the first time in my career I would be competing at Bantamweight (56kg). The silver medals I had won were at Light Flyweight (2012) and Flyweight (2014). I felt that anything less than a silver two years later would be a step in the wrong direction.
I was matched against the Philippines in the semi-final. They are a strong boxing country with a history of great fighters, especially in the lower …
