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Barry Hearn, the founder and president of Matchroom Sport, insists the company’s efforts – led by his son Eddie Hearn – to secure a British venue for the Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury heavyweight showdown could have detrimental effect on Matchroom’s future
"I can’t describe the feeling of being let down,” said Barry Hearn on talkSPORT.
The Netflix series featuring International Boxing Hall of Fame promoter Barry Hearn and his son Eddie Hearn will start streaming on Wednesday, September 17.
Barry Hearn attempted to dissuade his son Eddie from making the rematch between Carl Froch and George Groves at Wembley Stadium.
British boxing's most prominent promoters, Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn, have named their picks for the highly anticipated clash of the promoters. The series of five fights will serve as the undercard to the undisputed light heavyweight encounter between unified champion Artur Beterbiev and WBA champion Dimitrii Bivol on June 1st in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Veteran promoter Barry Hearn is holding his nose at the growing trend of influencer boxing. Hearn, who runs Matchroom with son Eddie Hearn, has no interest in watching it but he understands that a younger audience is drawn to the events.
Former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua could return to the ring sooner than later, according to Matchroom found Barry Hearn.
Matchroom Sports founder Barry Hearn believes it would behoove Anthony Joshua to partake in "two or three more warmup fights" before he takes on Tyson Fury.
Barry Hearn, founder of Matchroom, makes it clear that former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua "can't afford another loss" if he wants to be a top player at the weight class.
Not even Barry Hearn believes his star charge Anthony Joshua did quite enough to beat Oleksandr Uysk. The founder and president of Matchroom Sport, Hearn offered an honest assessment of Joshua’s performance against Ukraine’s Usyk in their heavyweight title unification rematch last Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The fight went the distance, with Usyk winning a split decision.