Ian Clark Bautista
{{Short description|Filipino boxer}}
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| birth_name = Ian Clark Pedres Bautista
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|10|31}}
| birth_place = Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, Philippines
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| nationality = Filipino
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| country = Philippines
| sport = Boxing
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{{MedalCountry | {{PHI}} }}
{{MedalCompetition |Asian Amateur Championships }}
{{MedalBronze | 2019 Bangkok|Bantamweight}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2024 Chiang Mai|Featherweight}}
{{MedalCompetition |Southeast Asian Games }}
{{MedalGold |2015 Singapore|Flyweight}}
{{MedalGold |2021 Vietnam|Bantamweight}}
{{MedalGold |2023 Cambodia|Featherweight}}
{{MedalBronze | 2017 Kuala Lumpur|Flyweight}}
{{MedalBronze | 2019 Philippines|Bantamweight}}
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Ian Clark Pedres Bautista{{cite news |title=Today at the Sea Games: Quiet day for contingent as medals slow to a trickle |url=https://www.nst.com.my/sports/others/2023/05/909075/today-sea-games-quiet-day-contingent-medals-slow-trickle |access-date=13 May 2023 |work=New Straits Times |date=13 May 2023}} (born October 31, 1994) is a Filipino boxer.
Background
Bautista was born in from Binalbagan, Negros Occidental.{{cite news |title=Bautista laments loss over biased decision |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/369595/bautista-laments-loss-over-biased-decision |access-date=13 May 2023 |work=SunStar |date=30 September 2014 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Li |first1=Matthew |title=SEA Games: Ian Clark Bautista ends years of heartbreak, cops bantamweight gold |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/sea-games-ian-clark-bautista-ends-years-of-heartbreak-cops-bantamweight-gold/240807 |access-date=13 May 2023 |work=Tiebreaker Times |date=22 May 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Montecillo |first1=Yves |title=Bautista starts training for Olympics qualifier |url=https://negrosnowdaily.com/bautista-starts-training-for-olympics-qualifier/ |access-date=13 May 2023 |work=Negros Now Daily |date=30 January 2021}}
He was a participant in the 2014 Asian Games in South Korea. 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 (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.{{cite news |last1=Terrado |first1=Reuben |title=Philippines seeks review of 'questionable' Asiad results after controversial Bautista loss |url=https://www.spin.ph/boxing/abap-ian-clark-bautista-loss-korea-sangdon-choe-boxing-asian-games-2014 |access-date=13 May 2023 |work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines |date=29 September 2014 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=SEA Games: Aggrieved boxer Bautista urges fair judging |url=https://sports.inquirer.net/183641/sea-games-aggrieved-boxer-bautista-urges-fair-judging |access-date=13 May 2023 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=9 June 2015 |language=en}}
Bautista had attempted to qualify for Olympics. He failed to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro having joined the AIBA World Olympic qualifier.{{cite news |last1=Songalia |first1=Ryan |title=PH boxer Bautista eliminated at Olympic qualifier |url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/boxing/136773-ian-clark-bautista-qualifier-round-one/ |access-date=13 May 2023 |work=Rappler |date=17 June 2016}} He also tried to earn a berth in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 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.{{cite news |last1=de la Peña |first1=Leobert Julian |title=Ian Clark Bautista upsets former world champion in Olympic Boxing Qualifiers |url=https://www.dailyguardian.com.ph/ian-clark-bautista-upsets-former-world-champion-in-olympic-boxing-qualifiers/ |access-date=13 May 2023 |work=Daily Guardian |date=5 March 2020}} However, his qualification bid ended in his following match against Chatchai-decha Butdee of Thailand.{{cite news |last1=Li |first1=Matthew |title=Ian Clark Bautista ousted from OQT by SEAG tormentor |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/ian-clark-bautista-ousted-oqt/181591 |access-date=13 May 2023 |work=Tiebreaker Times |date=7 March 2020}}
Bautista has competed for his country in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. He won gold at the 2015 SEA Games in Singapore. 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.{{cite news |last1=Satumbaga-Villar |first1=Kristel |title=Ian Clark Bautista wins PH's first boxing gold |url=https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/13/ian-clark-bautista-wins-ph-s-first-boxing-gold |access-date=13 May 2023 |work=Manila Bulletin |date=13 May 2023 |language=en}}
References
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Category:Boxers from Negros Occidental
Category:Boxers at the 2014 Asian Games
Category:SEA Games medalists in boxing
Category:SEA Games gold medalists for the Philippines
Category:SEA Games bronze medalists for the Philippines
Category:Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games
Category:Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
Category:Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games
Category:Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games