Edward John Hearn was born on 8 June 1979 and is a British sports promoter who is chairman of Matchroom Sport and Professional Darts Corporation.
14 Facts About Eddie Hearn
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Eddie Hearn is the son of promoter Barry Eddie Hearn, the founder of Matchroom Sport.
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Eddie Hearn was a student at the private Brentwood School, Essex.
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Eddie Hearn failed to get into sixth form at Brentwood School as he performed poorly on his GCSEs.
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Eddie Hearn played cricket and football to a high standard, and his father Barry petitioned the school to let him stay on for his sporting record, but the school refused.
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Eddie Hearn met Audley Harrison at a poker game and agreed to help him rebuild his career, subsequently getting Harrison a fight with heavyweight champion David Haye for his WBA title, signalling the growth of Matchroom Boxing.
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In 2015, Eddie Hearn signed an exclusive televised boxing deal with UK broadcaster Sky Sports to broadcast up to 20 shows a year.
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Eddie Hearn promotes and has promoted many world champions since joining Matchroom Sport, including Anthony Joshua, Canelo Alvarez, Gennady Golovkin, Oleksandr Usyk, Vasyl Lomachenko, Katie Taylor and many others.
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Eddie Hearn has promoted some large events in recent times, including Carl Froch vs George Groves II in 2014 and Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko in 2017, both of which took place at Wembley Stadium with 80,000 and 90,000 fans in attendance respectively.
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In May 2018, Eddie Hearn revealed boxing's first-ever $1 billion boxing deal as Matchroom and streaming service DAZN signed an agreement to stream shows across the United States.
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In 2019, Eddie Hearn agreed a deal to promote a professional boxing match between YouTube personalities KSI and Logan Paul, which took place on 9 November 2019 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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Later that same month, Eddie Hearn became involved in a war of words with rival promoters Bob Arum of Top Rank, and Frank Warren of Queensberry Promotions, over the failure of a deal coming to fruition for a proposed Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua fight, accusing them of making "absolutely zero attempt to try and save the Anthony Joshua fight".
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On 3 June 2021, Eddie Hearn announced that he had signed a 5-year deal that meant he would be taking his entire stable of Matchroom fighters to streaming service DAZN, signalling the end of Matchroom's previous partnership with Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland.
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Eddie Hearn generally has a good relationship with his fighters, and is good friends with former WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew whose career he helped turn around.