As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games and bronze at the 2013 European Championships.

"[2] 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.

[4] During an amateur career in which he competed for Team GB, securing over 100 wins from 120 fights,[2] 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.

[5] 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.

[6] 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.