Eddie C Hearn, age 37, Glencoe, KY 41046 View Full Report Known Locations: Glencoe KY, 41046, Sparta KY 41086 Possible Relatives: Billy J Hearn, Eddie Gene Hearn, Judy E Hearn. The latest tweets from @NoContextHearn. A parody no-context Twitter account themed around Eddie Hearn has become a viral sensation and boasts over 40,000 followers in less than 11 days since it launched.
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| Born | 8 June 1979 (age 41) Dagenham, East London, England |
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| Education | Brentwood School Havering Sixth Form College |
| Known for | Sports promotion |
| Title | Group managing director of Matchroom Sport |
| Spouse(s) | Chloe Hearn[1] |
| Children | 2[1] |
| Parent(s) | Barry Hearn Susan Hearn |
| Website | www.matchroomboxing.com |
Edward John Hearn (born 8 June 1979) is an English sports promoter. He is a group managing director of Matchroom Sport, and a director of the Professional Darts Corporation.[2] Hearn is the son of promoter Barry Hearn, the founder of Matchroom Sport.
Education[edit]
Hearn was a student at Brentwood School, Essex. He failed to make it into sixth form at Brentwood School as he flunked his GCSEs. Hearn played cricket and football at a decent level, and his father Barry petitioned the school to let him stay on for his sporting record, but the school refused. Eddie said, 'I grew up thinking I was a hard nut and in Brentwood School I was. Anywhere else I was a pansy.' He then went to Havering Sixth Form College in Hornchurch, which was less selective. Barry encouraged Eddie to study by promising him £1,000 for a C or better grade in his A-level subjects, which were media studies, physical education and business studies. Eddie achieved 2 Cs and 1 A.[3]
Boxing promoter[edit]
Matchroom Sport was founded by his father, Barry Hearn. As group managing director, Eddie Hearn focuses on Matchroom Boxing and fulfilling the company's exclusive televised boxing deal with UK Broadcaster Sky Sports, to broadcast up to 20 shows a year.[4]
After leaving education, Hearn started a career in the West End at a sports management company representing golfers, eventually moving on to promote online Poker with Matchroom with the events being broadcast worldwide. In the UK they were broadcast by Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky Sports. He met Audley Harrison at a poker game and agreed to help him rebuild his career, subsequently getting Harrison a fight with David Haye, signalling the growth of Matchroom Boxing.[5][6]
In May 2018, Hearn revealed boxing's first $1 billion boxing deal (£750 million) as Matchroom and streaming service DAZN signed an agreement to stream shows across America. At the heart of the deal, Hearn and Matchroom Boxing will stage 16 shows in America, which will be streamed exclusively on DAZN in the U.S., while 16 of his UK shows will also be shown on the platform.
Hearn has promoted some large events in recent times, including Joshua vs. Klitshcko at Wembley Stadium, which saw 90,000 in attendance and has been named one of the biggest fights in boxing history. Matchroom Boxing have put on many big nights and PPV events in the UK with many in attendance shown by their UK broadcaster Sky Sports.
Hearn promotes and has promoted many world champions and highly ranked fighters since joining Matchroom Sport, including Anthony Joshua, Carl Froch, Josh Warrington,[7]Amir Khan, Kell Brook, Oleksandr Usyk, Vasyl Lomachenko, Mikey Garcia, Cecilia Brækhus, Artur Beterbiev, Dillian Whyte, Luke Campbell, Danny Jacobs, Billy Joe Saunders, Tony Bellew, Callum Smith, Joseph Parker, Maurice Hooker, Katie Taylor and others.
In 2019, Hearn signed co-promotional deals with Gennady Golovkin and Devin Haney, with their fights to be aired on DAZN in the U.S. and Sky Sports in the UK. He also agreed a deal to promote a professional boxing match between the YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul, which took place on 9 November 2019. This match was heavily criticised by boxing fans across the globe; they claimed KSI and Paul were not suitable to be promoted by Hearn, due to their lack of experience. The fight ended with KSI winning by split decision.[8]
Hearn came under criticism for staging Ruiz Jr. vs. Joshua II in Saudi Arabia, due to the country's poor human rights record. He defended the decision by stating that Saudi Arabia wanted to improve its image and that his job 'is to provide the best opportunities for our fighters.'[9]
Personal life[edit]
Hearn lives in Billericay in Essex with his wife Chloe and their two daughters.[10] Hearn generally has a good relationship with his fighters and is good friends with former WBCcruiserweight champion Tony Bellew whose career he helped turn around.[11]
Bibliography[edit]
- Relentless: 12 Rounds to Success (2020) ISBN978-1529312195
References[edit]
- ^ abScott, Interview by Danny (21 July 2019). 'A Life in the Day: Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn'.
- ^'Matchroom Sport Board of Directors'. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011.
- ^Davies, Gareth A. (20 April 2019). 'Eddie Hearn interview: 'I grew up thinking I was a hard nut, but I was a pansy''. The Telegraph. ISSN0307-1235. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^'Sky Sports and Matchroom extend their exclusive boxing deal to 2021'. Sky Sports.
- ^'Eddie Hearn - Interview with Poker TV Producer Eddie Hearn'. uk.pokernews.com.
- ^Ingle, Sean (28 May 2014). 'Eddie Hearn's road to Froch v Groves II started with Audley Harrison | Sean Ingle' – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^Hamilton, Matt. 'List of Matchroom Boxers'. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^'Logan Paul vs. KSI 2 results: KSI wins after critical point deduction for Paul'. www.sportingnews.com. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^Ingle, Sean (3 December 2019). 'Eddie Hearn defends Saudi Arabia venue for Anthony Joshua title fight' – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^Scott, Interview by Danny (21 July 2019). 'A Life in the Day: boxing promoter Eddie Hearn'. ISSN0140-0460. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^'Eddie Hearn: Tony Bellew One Of Best Men You'll Ever Meet'. BoxingScene.com.
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Tyson Fury appeared to goad Anthony Joshua and Eddie Hearn on Twitter as the deadline approaches to secure a site for their fight. Filmora 8.6 1 activation key.
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For the first time in history, the chance for two heavyweights champions to fight for all four major world titles is agonisingly close.
Fury, who holds the WBC and Ring Magazine titles, has called for a fight with Joshua for years and wants to take the WBO, WBA, and IBF titles from his British rival.
Eddie Hearn announced last month both sides have agreed a deal for a two-fight deal to take place this year.
However, a source from Top Rank (Fury’s US co-promoter) revealed to ESPN that this is dependent on the site deal.
It was previously known that the camps would still have to agree on the host country and date for the bout, with talks already deep into resolving this issue.
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But the source explained: “It’s pending, finding a site and a date that’s acceptable to both.
“We have 30 days from the signing, or the deal could go away.”
It seems as though Fury’s Tweet could be in reference to this, with Hearn admitting he wanted to get a site deal sorted within a month.
“We’d like to get a site deal confirmed in the next month,” Hearn told ESPN.
“The hard part is always getting everybody to put pen to paper. But this was a major effort from all parties to get this over the line. You had rival promoters, rival networks and rival fighters.
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“Speaking for myself, Anthony and his team at 258 management, I know how hard we’ve worked hard these last couple of months and I just feel that this fight is so big it’s not a difficult sell.”