Ian Clark Pedres Bautista (born October 31, 1994) is a Filipino boxer.

Background

Bautista was born in from

Binalbagan Binalbagan, officially the Municipality of Binalbagan ( hil, Banwa sang Binalbagan; tl, Bayan ng Binalbagan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 71 ...

Negros Occidental Negros Occidental ( hil, Nakatungdang Negros; tl, Kanlurang Negros), officially the Province of Negros Occidental, is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas Regions of the Philippines, region. ...

. He was a participant in the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. He was eliminated in the preliminary by South Korean boxer Choe Sang-don in a controversial bout which the

Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (formerly Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines until 2013), or ABAP, is the Sports governing body, governing body for amateur boxing in the Philippines. History On May 30, 2013, ...

(ABAP) felt Bautista should have won. ABAP decided not to file a formal protest but urged organizers to probe "questionable" fights in the tournament in general. Bautista had attempted to qualify for Olympics. He failed to qualify for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in Rio de Janeiro having joined the AIBA World Olympic qualifier. He also tried to earn a berth in the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

via the Asia & Oceania boxing Olympic qualifier. In his first match, he caused an upset by winning over Japanese boxer and former AIBA youth world champion Hayato Tsutsumi. However, his qualification bid ended in his following match against

Chatchai-decha Butdee Chatchai-decha Butdee ( th, ฉัตร์ชัยเดชา บุตรดี, , ), formerly Chatchai Butdee (, , ; born 26 March 1985), is a Thai boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he ...

of Thailand. Bautista has competed for his country in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. He won gold at the 2015 SEA Games in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

. However he would only settle for bronze in the next two iterations of the regional games in Malaysia (2017) and the Philippines (2019). He would regain his form by finishing as a gold medalist in the 2021 edition in Vietnam. He would win another gold medal in the 2023 edition in

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bautista, Ian Clark Living people Filipino male boxers Boxers from Negros Occidental Boxers at the 2014 Asian Games SEA Games medalists in boxing SEA Games gold medalists for the Philippines SEA Games bronze medalists for the Philippines Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games Bantamweight boxers Featherweight boxers Flyweight boxers 1994 births