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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.
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.
During his professional boxing career he was trained by Bob Shannon a long-time Manchester boxing coach. Bacon has professionally wrestled in Japan, is former Mobile Marketing Association fighter and also participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. His top place was 8th in the 1991 World Judo Championships.
He was also a successful professional wrestler in Japan, undergoing 4 tours and having 9 fights – 9 wins, his Mobile Marketing Association career lasted 3 fights dating from March 2001 – March 2005, drawing 1 and losing 2.
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 fight with John Ruiz at the MEN Arena in Manchester with Ricky Hatton, Matthew Hatton and Tyson Fury all witnessing Chris claim "Guv"nor" status of the United Kingdom.
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 retired from professional boxing in 2012 following an ongoing injury involving a damaged rotator cuff. 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 television show in Manchester although the City Council and Security Industry Authority condemned the idea.
Bacon was the subject of a British Broadcasting Corporation Three Fresh documentary, Life through my Lens in March 2014 by Aneel Ahmad.