Chris Bacon
Born
Christopher P. Bacon

(1969-10-08) 8 October 1969
Tasmania, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Statistics
Weight(s)Cruiserweight
Boxing record
Total fights15 (+6 Unlicensed)
Wins13 (+6 Unlicensed)
Wins by KO6 (+6 Unlicensed)
Losses2
Medal record
Judo
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place1990 AucklandMen's Middleweight

Christopher Gerald Bacon[1] (born 8 October 1969) is a retired professional British cruiserweight boxer and judoka born in Tasmania, Australia and residing in Manchester. During his professional boxing career he was trained by Bob Shannon, a long-time Manchester boxing coach. He is a former WBF European Super Cruiserweight Champion, former National Judo Champion, and Bronze medal winner at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Bacon is former MMA fighter and also participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[2][3][4][5][1]

Early career

Chris Bacon started Judo at age 8, eventually mastering the art and become the National Judo Men's Champion several times in different divisions, as well as participating in other Continental and International competitions. His top place was 8th in the 1991 World Judo Championships. He also represented Australia in Judo at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, where he finished 17th out of 33 participants in the middleweight division.[6] Bacon won, on points, his first match of the games against Wagner Castrophil and then was eliminated by Hirotaka Okada, being pinned in under a minute.[7]

DateResultOpponentEventMethod
3 June 2005WinAlex CookCage Fighting Championships 3Unanimous Decision
3 November 2001DrawLee MurrayMillennium Brawl 2: Capital Punishment

Unlicensed boxing

Chris Bacon has taken part in many unlicensed boxing events under the EBF (European Boxing Federation), his record stands at six fights all won by TKO dating from March 2008 – December 2011. Most notable was the EBF Heavyweight Title fight against 'notorious' Dominic Negus who appeared on 'Danny Dyer's Hardest Men'. This was the fight prior to David Haye's fight with John Ruiz at the MEN Arena in Manchester with Ricky Hatton, Matthew Hatton and Tyson Fury all witnessing Bacon claim 'Guv'nor' status of the UK.[8]

ResultRecordOpponentTypeDateLocation
Win6–0–0Mark WalkerTKO11 December 2011The Midland Hotel, Manchester, UK
Win5–0–0Dominic NegusTKO2 April 2010The Ritz, Manchester, UK
Win4–0–0Harry Duiven JnrTKO14 September 2009The Ritz, Manchester, UK
Win3–0–0John LewisTKO10 April 2009The Ritz, Manchester, UK
Win2–0–0Vinny LopezTKO20 December 2008The Olympia, Liverpool, UK
Win1–0–0Davey ClarkeTKO15 March 2008Park Hall Hotel, Chorley, UK

Professional boxing

Chris Bacon made his professional boxing debut on 21 December 1997 against Tim Brown winning on points in the cruiserweight division. Chris fought Tim Brown two months later again winning on points and then moved up to Heavyweight winning a consecutive 7 fights before losing to Kelly Oliver in Dublin 19 June 1999. Bacon then moved down to Cruiserweight for his following 2 fights which he won against Collice Mutizwa and lost to Garry Delaney at the Liverpool Olympia 14 July 2001. Bacon then moved back up to heavyweight to win against O'Neil Murray and then moved back down to Cruiserweight to celebrate his first boxing title The Central Area Cruiserweight Belt with a seventh round stoppage of Liverpool's Tony Moran at The George Carnell leisure centre, Manchester, 25 February 2007.[9][10]

ResultRecordOpponentTypeDateLocation
Win13–2–0Tony MoranTKO25 February 2007George Carnall Leisure Centre, Davyhulme, Manchester, UK
Win12–2–0O'Neil MurrayTKO12 November 2006George Carnall Leisure Centre, Davyhulme, Manchester, UK
Loss11–2–0Garry DelaneyTKO14 July 2001Olympia, Liverpool, UK
Win11–1–0Collice MutizwaTKO3 February 2001Bowlers Arena, Trafford, UK
Win10–1–0Chris WoollasPTS9 October 1999Bowlers Arena, Trafford, UK
Loss9–1–0Kelly OliverPTS19 June 1999Dublin, Ireland
Win9–0–0Israel AjosePTS25 February 1999Kentish Town, London, UK
Win8–0–0Paul BonsonPTS16 November 1998Forte Post House, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Win7–0–0Luke SimpkinPTS16 October 1998Salford, UK
Win6–0–0Kevin MitchellTKO18 September 1998Manchester, UK
Win5–0–0Lee SwabyPTS17 July 1998Golf and Country Club, Mere, UK
Win4–0–0Phil DayTKO30 May 1998Whitchurch Leisure Centre, Bristol, UK
Win3–0–0Lee SwabyTKO8 May 1998Bowlers Arena, Trafford, UK
Win2–0–0Tim BrownPTS23 February 1998The Willows, Salford RLFC, UK
Win1–0–0Tim BrownPTS21 December 1997The Willows, Salford, UK

Bacon retired from professional boxing in 2012 following an ongoing injury involving a damaged rotator cuff.[11]

Personal life

Chris Bacon runs a successful security firm in Manchester which is one of the reasons he has been absent from boxing over the years. In 2008 he and his promotions company KO Promotions planned to stage 'Britain's Toughest Bouncer' a reality TV show in Manchester although the City Council and Security Industry Authority condemned the idea.[12] Bacon was the subject of a BBC Three Fresh documentary, Life through my Lens in March 2014 by Aneel Ahmad.[13][14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Chris Bacon". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Chris Bacon Judo Records". Judo Inside. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Chris Bacon MMA Records". MMA. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Chris Bacon – Barcelona Olympics 1992". Olympics. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Judo at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Middleweight". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Christopher Bacon". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Lack of Reputation Cost Murphy A Medal, Says Coach", The Age, 31 July 1992
  8. ↑ "Bacon becomes Guv'nor". MEN Media. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  9. ↑ "Bacon claims first title". Word Press.
  10. ↑ "Chris Bacon – Boxing record". Boxrec.
  11. ↑ "Sizzled out! Chris P Bacon hangs up his gloves". No. 10 Jan 2013. Manchester Evening News. Manchester Evening News. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "Britains Hardest Bouncer". BBC. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  13. ↑ "Life Through My Lens - Chris Brown". BBC Three. BBC Three. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  14. ↑ Ahmad, Aneel. "Motivation Video: Chris Bacon BBC Three Fresh Documentary MMA/JUDO/BOXER". BBC Three. Retrieved 4 February 2016 – via YouTube.
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