Chris Bessey Explained

Chris Bessey MBE
Nationality:	British (English)
Birth Date:	1971
Birth Place:	Portsmouth

Christopher David Ernest Bessey (born 1971) is a male retired boxer who competed for England.

Boxing career

Bessey was the National Champion in 1993 after winning the prestigious ABA welterweight title, boxing for the Army.^[1] He moved up in weight and won an impressive five more National titles at light middleweight (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000).

He represented England in the light middleweight (-71 Kg) division, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Bessey is a warrant officer in the British Army and a coach of the British army boxing team ^[5] and was awarded an MBE in the 1997 New Year Honours, when serving with the Royal Logistic Corps.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Roll of Honour. England Boxing.
2. Web site: 1998 Athletes. Team England.
3. Web site: England team in 1998. Commonwealth Games Federation. 5 January 2020. 30 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all. dead.
4. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
5. Web site: Profile. Box Rec.
6. Web site: List of awards. Supplement to the London Gazette.