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What a cool article shared on Facebook! I always admired Barry Hearn. Always! After all, he likes to go fishing and listen go American country music.
But that man is tough as nails when it comes to business, and when it comes to family, everybody must pull their own weight.
pril is a huge month in the money-spinning world of Barry and Eddie Hearn and the father-and-son promotional duo are in knockabout form. Eddie saunters into his dad’s office in Romford and says: “How was Miami?”
“Great,” Barry beams as he rocks in his chair, having landed at Heathrow a few hours earlier. “They’re going crazy about you selling 90,000 tickets for Joshua-Klitschko. They can’t believe it. Where’ve you been?”
“Monaco,” Eddie says as he sits down at his dad’s desk. Barry will run the world snooker championship from Saturday in Sheffield but the 68-year-old chairman of Matchroom Sport is beaming because his 37-year-old son is about to promote one of the biggest nights in the history of British boxing. On 29 April Anthony Joshua defends his IBF world heavyweight title against Wladimir Klitschko before a sold-out Wembley Stadium and a pay-per-view audience which should exceed a million buys.
Despite having access to a private jet on a recent trip with Joshua to America, Eddie winces in amusement. “I was on easyJet from Nice yesterday and me and Frank, who works for me, were in the last row. My arse just about fits but my knees won’t go flat. I said to Frank, who also went on the private jet: ‘****ing hell, where did it all go wrong?’”
He and his father burst out laughing before Eddie says: “We could buy a private jet tomorrow but it doesn’t feel right. It’s about value for money.”
The Hearns pride themselves on a flash exterior but a grounded practicality on the inside. Barry, who became an accountant after his mother persuaded him the profession would transcend the limited opportunities of his working-class background, leans forward. “When I was growing up I used to dislike people from better areas because I had a chip on my shoulder. I might still have it [he laughs]. But I didn’t want my son to grow up like one of those rich kids. So I thought the easiest way was to have a little set-to.”
Barry returns to the moment when he fought his son in the ring. “It was due to happen when I was 18,” Eddie remembers. “But it happened at 16 because I got so big. He came out, his teeth gritted. He was really going for it.”
“I wanted to find out what you were like,” Barry says. “I hit him with a proper shot. It was great because he came back and dropped me twice in the second round. It was the best defeat I ever had. That competitiveness is how we run our business.”
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Barry and Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Sport promote 11 different sports, with a turnover exceeding £70m.
What a cool article shared on Facebook! I always admired Barry Hearn. Always! After all, he likes to go fishing and listen go American country music.
But that man is tough as nails when it comes to business, and when it comes to family, everybody must pull their own weight.
pril is a huge month in the money-spinning world of Barry and Eddie Hearn and the father-and-son promotional duo are in knockabout form. Eddie saunters into his dad’s office in Romford and says: “How was Miami?”
“Great,” Barry beams as he rocks in his chair, having landed at Heathrow a few hours earlier. “They’re going crazy about you selling 90,000 tickets for Joshua-Klitschko. They can’t believe it. Where’ve you been?”
“Monaco,” Eddie says as he sits down at his dad’s desk. Barry will run the world snooker championship from Saturday in Sheffield but the 68-year-old chairman of Matchroom Sport is beaming because his 37-year-old son is about to promote one of the biggest nights in the history of British boxing. On 29 April Anthony Joshua defends his IBF world heavyweight title against Wladimir Klitschko before a sold-out Wembley Stadium and a pay-per-view audience which should exceed a million buys.
Despite having access to a private jet on a recent trip with Joshua to America, Eddie winces in amusement. “I was on easyJet from Nice yesterday and me and Frank, who works for me, were in the last row. My arse just about fits but my knees won’t go flat. I said to Frank, who also went on the private jet: ‘****ing hell, where did it all go wrong?’”
He and his father burst out laughing before Eddie says: “We could buy a private jet tomorrow but it doesn’t feel right. It’s about value for money.”
The Hearns pride themselves on a flash exterior but a grounded practicality on the inside. Barry, who became an accountant after his mother persuaded him the profession would transcend the limited opportunities of his working-class background, leans forward. “When I was growing up I used to dislike people from better areas because I had a chip on my shoulder. I might still have it [he laughs]. But I didn’t want my son to grow up like one of those rich kids. So I thought the easiest way was to have a little set-to.”
Barry returns to the moment when he fought his son in the ring. “It was due to happen when I was 18,” Eddie remembers. “But it happened at 16 because I got so big. He came out, his teeth gritted. He was really going for it.”
“I wanted to find out what you were like,” Barry says. “I hit him with a proper shot. It was great because he came back and dropped me twice in the second round. It was the best defeat I ever had. That competitiveness is how we run our business.”
Read more about Barry Hearn --> "I hit my son with proper shot, but he dropped me twice."
Barry and Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Sport promote 11 different sports, with a turnover exceeding £70m.
