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Real name Jamie Michael Pittman
Nickname(s) Mr. Business
Rated at Middleweight
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Nationality Indigenous Australian
Born (1981-07-18) 18 July 1981 (age 43)
Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights 25
Wins 22
Wins by KO 7
Losses 3
Draws 0
No contests 0

Jamie Michael Pittman (born 18 July 1981) is a professional Australian indigenous boxer in the middleweight division.

Representing Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he finished his amateur career with 150 wins 37 losses from 187 fights before turning pro the following year, after which he held a record of twenty-five bouts throughout his professional career (22 victories, 11 knockouts and three losses).

In November 2021, Pittman was appointed as Boxing Australia's National Coach.

..... Consequently, he withdrew from the 2024 Olympic Games and also stood down from the Australian Olympic Committee's Indigenous Advisory Committee.

Amateur career

Pittman started boxing as a form of rehabilitation at the age of ten, when he fell through the window that left him with 72 stitches in his arm. Since then, he trained most of his sporting career for the Newcastle PCYC in Newcastle, New South Wales, and was later selected to be a member of the boxing team under the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. Pittman sought his official bid to compete for the host nation at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, but the match was called off during the AIBA Oceania Qualification Tournament, because of a controversial decision. According to him, he got a cut under his eye, which doctors presumed that was counted as a punch from the opponent.

Pittman represented Australia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. In his first bout, he defeated Hassan Mraba Mzonge of Tanzania but lost his quarterfinal contest to Jean Pascal of Canada. Pittman won 3 fights in 3 days to Win the gold medal at the 2003 Commonwealth Championships, beating Eamonn_OKane from Northern Ireland in the final. Pittman then qualified for the men's middleweight division (75 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Having trained eight years for his Olympic debut in Sydney and missed out, he bounced back to guarantee a spot on the Australian boxing team after finishing first in the AIBA Oceania Qualification Tournament in Tonga. Pittman suffered a contentious one-point defeat to Germany's Lukas Wilaschek with a tough 24–23 decision in his opening match.

Professional career

Shortly after the Games, Pittman turned himself into pro in 2005. Because of his unorthodox athleticism, tremendous amateur tactics, and daunting fists to punish his opponents, he was considered one of the young prospects in boxing. As of August 2014, Pittman obtains a combined record of twenty-two victories (8 KO) in twenty-five professional bouts with three defeats.

At the peak of his pro career, Pittman campaigned his defence with PABA and WBA Asia Pacific middleweight titles to establish an impressive 15–0 boxing record, until he swiftly moved into the super middleweight division three years after his pro debut.

On 5 April 2008, Pittman faced three-time defending WBA super middleweight champion Felix Sturm in Düsseldorf, Germany. He enjoyed his early success at the start of the match with two straight victories over Sturm upon the decision of the judges. After two rounds, Pittman continued to box Sturm with another quick punch, but his opponent rocked him at the very end with his right eye being severely cut. As the fight sustained in the fifth round, Sturm took control of the ring and knocked Pittman down with a body shot. With only 36 seconds left into the seventh round, he was floored and battered again by Sturm with a flurry of punches until referee Russell Mora stepped in to halt the fight, declaring Sturm a champion in a one-sided defence of his WBA middleweight title. Nevertheless, Pittman claimed a professional defeat in his sporting career for the first time, since he captained the Australian team at the Olympics.

Following his first-ever defeat in pro career, Pittman bounced back to earn three boxing bouts and generated a boxing record of 18–1. In early 2010, Pittman's game plan had been overwhelmed with another debacle, after being knocked out by Ghana's Joseph Kwadjo for the IBF Australasian super middleweight title during the seventh round of their match at Le Montage Reception Centre in Sydney.

In 2011, Pittman lost the PABA super middleweight title to fellow Australian boxer Serge Yannick in an unprecedented second round of their match in Hobart, Tasmania. Two years later, Pittman restored his form in the boxing scene with a clinical shutout over Zac Awad in the eighth round of their match, and ultimately clinched the PABA super middleweight title at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, hastening his pro record to 22–3 (8 KO).

Professional boxing record

22 Wins (8 knockouts, 14 decisions), 3 Losses, 0 Draws
Res. Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Win 22–3 Australia Zac Awad UD 8 (8) 2013-01-30 Australia Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney
Loss 21–3 Australia Serge Yannick TKO 2 (12) 2011-08-31 Australia Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia PABA super middleweight title
Win 21–2 Australia Tim Kanofski UD 6 (6) 2011-01-29 Australia Gold Coast Convention Centre, Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia
Win 20–2 Samoa Togasilimai Letoa UD 6 (6) 2010-10-31 Australia State Sports Centre, Homebush, New South Wales, Australia
Loss 19–2 Ghana Joseph Kwadjo KO 7 (12) 2010-04-08 Australia Le Montage Reception Centre, Lilyfield, New South Wales, Australia IBF Australasia super middleweight title
Win 19–1 Australia Frank Ciampa UD 6 (6) 2009-07-26 Australia Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win 18–1 Australia Josh Clenshaw UD 8 (8) 2009-02-20 Australia Newcastle Panthers Club, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Win 17–1 Argentina Eduardo Rojas TKO 2 (6) 2008-11-07 Australia Central Coast Leagues Club, Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Loss 16–1 Germany Felix Sturm TKO 7 (12) 2008-04-05 Germany Burg-Wächter Castello, Düsseldorf, Germany WBA middleweight title
Win 16–0 Indonesia Andreas Seran UD 12 (12) 2007-11-26 Australia Iguana's Bar & Brasserie, Gosford, New South Wales, Australia PABA middleweight title
Win 15–0 South Africa Tshepo Mashego UD 12 (12) 2007-09-14 Australia RSL Club, Davistown, New South Wales, Australia
Win 14–0 Philippines Nonoy Gonzales UD 12 (12) 2007-09-14 Australia Crowne Plaza Hotel, Terrigal, New South Wales, Australia WBO Asia Pacific middleweight title
Win 13–0 Thailand Komgrit Nanakorn UD 6 (6) 2007-04-27 Australia Magic Millions Complex, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Win 12–0 South Africa William Gare TD 8 (12) 2006-11-24 Australia Crowne Plaza Hotel, Terrigal, New South Wales, Australia WBF super middleweight title
Win 11–0 New Zealand Paz Viejo TKO 2 (12) 2006-10-20 Australia Bundamba Basketball Stadium, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Win 10–0 Thailand Somchai Chimlum TKO 4 (6) 2006-08-04 Australia Magic Millions Complex, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Win 9–0 Thailand Anont Donpradith UD 6 (6) 2006-06-09 Australia Southport RSL Club, Southport, Queensland, Australia
Win 8–0 Thailand Dechapon Suwunnalird UD 6 (6) 2006-05-12 Australia Aquatic Bar & Grill, Tweed Heads South, New South Wales, Australia
Win 7–0 Australia Les Sherrington KO 4 (10) 2006-03-03 Australia Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Australian super middleweight title
Win 6–0 Thailand Saiseelek Chanthanyakarn TKO 2 (8) 2005-09-08 Australia Panthers World of Entertainment, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Win 5–0 Australia Peter Brennan KO 1 (6) 2005-09-02 Australia Club Nova, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Win 4–0 New Zealand Gerrard Zohs KO 2 (6) 2005-07-23 Australia Tuggerah Lakes Memorial Club, The Entrance, New South Wales, Australia
Win 3–0 Australia Clint Johnson KO 3 (5) 2005-05-13 Australia Central Coast Leagues Club, Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Win 2–0 Australia Peter Brennan UD 6 (6) 2005-03-27 Australia State Sports Centre, Homebush, New South Wales, Australia
Win 1–0 Australia Sean Connell UD 6 (6) 2004-11-09 Australia Blacktown RSL Club, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia

Coaching career

Since fighting professionally, Pittman has been focussed on coaching existing and new Australian talent as part of Team Business working with both elite and pro athletes on the Central Coast (New South Wales), including Kaye Scott and Tyson Lantry. He is currently the National Regional Development Coach and the head of talent identification and development for Boxing Australia. Pittman's coaching experience includes being the Australian Assistant Coach at the AIBA World Junior Championships in Russia 2015 and Australian Assistant Coach at the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships where Australia won a gold and a bronze medal. Pittman has Coached at 2 @ufc tournaments and in 2019 was named the National Futures Coach for Boxing Australia.

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