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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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237:. Bacon is former MMA fighter and also participated in the
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957:"Chris Bacon – Barcelona Olympics 1992"
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1158:"Life Through My Lens - Chris Brown"
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1074:"Bacon claims first title"
902:"Chris Bacon Judo Records"
932:"Chris Bacon MMA Records"
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235:1990 Commonwealth Games
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231:National Judo Champion
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1195:– via YouTube.
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239:1992 Summer Olympics
35:Christopher P. Bacon
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1080:. 25 February 2007.
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801:, Salford RLFC, UK
482:Professional boxing
304:Unanimous Decision
223:Tasmania, Australia
202:Men's Middleweight
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1187:. BBC Three
906:Judo Inside
849:Aneel Ahmad
822:The Willows
799:The Willows
755:30 May 1998
662:Paul Bonson
446:Vinny Lopez
366:Mark Walker
292:3 June 2005
63:Nationality
25:Chris Bacon
1207:Categories
1191:4 February
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1078:Word Press
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287:Method
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