Chris Bessey


Christopher David Ernest Bessey 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. He moved up in weight and won an impressive five more National titles at light middleweight.
He represented England in the light middleweight division, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Bessey is a warrant officer in the British Army and a coach of the British army boxing team and was awarded an MBE in the 1997 New Year Honours, when serving with the Royal Logistic Corps.