Matchroom Sport is a sporting event promotions company founded by English entrepreneur Barry Hearn and run by Hearn and his son Eddie Hearn . It first came to attention in the sports of snooker and boxing and is also involved in pool , bowling , golf , fishing , darts , table tennis , poker and gymnastics . The company is based in Brentwood, Essex .[1] Sky Sports , the BBC and ITV .[2]
History Matchroom formed in 1982 concentrating on snooker management with the likes of Steve Davis , Dennis Taylor , and Jimmy White under contract before branching out into other sports with Hearn's first foray into boxing promotion being the Frank Bruno vs. Joe Bugner heavyweight clash in 1987 in front of 35,000 people at Tottenham Hotspur Football Ground.[3] [4]
The range of sports increased in 1994 with the Mosconi Cup , an event which sees teams from Europe and the United States compete in a 9-ball pool tournament.[5] [6] [7]
Over the years, Matchroom's portfolio under Hearn grew, taking a majority stake in the Professional Darts Corporation in 2001, helping oversee a growth in the sport.[4] World Cup of Pool , a national team scotch doubles World Pool Masters , an annual nine-ball event.[8]
In 2002, the company formed PGA EuroPro Tour , the UK's leading developmental golf tour, in association with the PGA.[9] Weber Cup .[10] World Snooker Tour Ltd. Since then the sport has grown, with prize money increased and new events introduced worldwide.[11]
More recently, Matchroom has launched the World Championship of Ping Pong ,[12] [13]
In April 2021, Barry Hearn stepped down as chairman with his son Eddie taking over the role. Barry will continue as president in an advisory role, while Eddie takes over as head of the PGA EuroPro tour, alongside overseeing Matchroom's wider operations and continuing to head the boxing division.[14]
Boxing Current stable [15]
Boxer
Nationality
Weight
Signed
Title
Nikita Ababiy
Middleweight
17 July 2018
Murodjon Akhmadaliev
Bantamweight
25 April 2019
Demetrius Andrade
Middleweight
17 July 2018
WBO middleweight champion
Qais Ashfaq
Bantamweight
1 February 2018
Martin Bakole
Heavyweight
10 July 2019
Zelfa Barrett
Super-featherweight
March 2020
Commonwealth super-featherweight champion
Reece Bellotti
Featherweight
30 June 2015
Conor Benn
Welterweight
30 March 2016
Chris Billam-Smith
Cruiserweight
Commonwealth cruiserweight champion
Dmitry Bivol
Light-heavyweight
15 January 2019
WBA light-heavyweight champion
Arthur Biyarslanov
Light-welterweight
29 March 2019
Cecilia Brækhus
Welterweight
22 October 2019
Joshua Buatsi
Light-heavyweight
5 June 2017
Ricky Burns
Lightweight
11 March 2013
Chantelle Cameron
Light-welterweight
WBC female light-welterweight champion
Luke Campbell
Lightweight
23 April 2013
Felix Cash
Middleweight
11 May 2016
Commonwealth middleweight champion
Marc Castro
Featherweight
Ted Cheeseman
Light-middleweight
9 April 2015
British light-middleweight champion
Souleymane Cissokho
Light-middleweight
Kieron Conway
Light-middleweight
12 July 2019
Joe Cordina
Lightweight
1 February 2017
British lightweight champion
Shannon Courtenay
Super-featherweight
Robbie Davies Jr
Light-welterweight
John Docherty
Super-middleweight
11 July 2018
Sam Eggington
Light-middleweight
1 October 2014
Alexis Espino
Middleweight
28 October 2018
Juan Francisco Estrada
Super-flyweight
28 June 2019
WBA (Super) and The Ring super-flyweight champion
Tevin Farmer
Super-featherweight
23 August 2018
Ukashir Farooq
Bantamweight
Aqib Fiaz
Lightweight
Rocky Fielding
Super-middleweight
6 June 2012
Scott Fitzgerald
Light-middleweight
21 September 2015
British light-middleweight champion
Raymond Ford
Super-featherweight
Anthony Fowler
Light-middleweight
20 April 2017
Charles Frankham
Featherweight
14 January 2019
Hughie Fury
Heavyweight
26 July 2019
Kid Galahad
Featherweight
Jordan Gill
Featherweight
29 October 2018
Shakhram Giyasov
Welterweight
25 April 2019
Devin Haney
Lightweight
25 April 2019
WBC lightweight champion
Terri Harper
Super-featherweight
24 September 2019
WBC , and IBO female super-featherweight champion
John Hedges
Super-middleweight
Filip Hrgović
Heavyweight
14 February 2019
Daniel Jacobs
Middleweight
23 September 2017
Callum Johnson
Light-heavyweight
30 June 2015
Natasha Jonas
Lightweight
20 June 2017
Otha Jones III
Welterweight
16 January 2019
Anthony Joshua
Heavyweight
24 July 2013
Josh Kelly
Welterweight
8 February 2017
Israil Madrimov
Light-middleweight
7 March 2019
Magomedrasul Majidov
Heavyweight
10 September 2019
Florian Marku
Welterweight
27 November 2020
Savannah Marshall
Super-middleweight
1 August 2019
Julio Cesar Martinez
Flyweight
11 October 2019
WBC flyweight champion
Reshat Mati
Lightweight
17 July 2018
Lawrence Okolie
Cruiserweight
18 January 2017
WBO cruiserweight champion
Diego Pacheco
Middleweight
5 October 2018
Joseph Parker
Heavyweight
31 May 2019
Hopey Price
Super-bantamweight
11 October 2018
Craig Richards
Light-heavyweight
Lewis Ritson
Light-welterweight
10 October 2017
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
Super-flyweight
30 January 2019
John Ryder
Super-middleweight
Billy Joe Saunders
Super-middleweight
13 August 2019
Ellie Scotney
Featherweight
Lee Selby
Lightweight
Amanda Serrano
Featherweight
28 October 2018
WBO and WBC interim female champion
Callum Smith
Super-middleweight
3 October 2012
Dalton Smith
Light-welterweight
21 March 2019
Liam Smith
Light-middleweight
9 January 2019
Katie Taylor
Lightweight
27 October 2016
WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring female lightweight champion
James Tennyson
Lightweight
Oleksandr Usyk
Heavyweight
7 September 2018
WBA , IBF , WBO heavyweight champion
Jessie Vargas
Light-middleweight
17 July 2018
Josh Warrington
Featherweight
February 2020
Martin Joseph Ward
Super-featherweight
31 May 2012
Fabio Wardley
Heavyweight
Dillian Whyte
Heavyweight
20 May 2016
Thomas Whittaker Hart
Light-heavyweight
Austin Williams
Middleweight
26 February 2019
Gamal Yafai
Super-bantamweight
Khalid Yafai
Super-flyweight
14 May 2012
Daniyar Yeleussinov
Welterweight
5 March 2018
Zhang Zhilei
Heavyweight
24 September 2020
Canelo Alvarez
Super-middleweight
19 December 2020
WBA , WBC , WBO , IBF , and The Ring
References
^ "Companies beginning with 'ma' . CheckSure.biz . Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire : ROIsure Digital. 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2009 .^ "Matchroom, PDC, and WST Pen Momentous Multi-Year Broadcast Deal with Itv" . 18 January 2021.^ Gibson, John (29 July 2008). "Hit man Hearn has shown Midas touch across the whole spectrum of sport; From boxing to darts and snooker to soccer, rags to riches story of ex-accountant who has become a big player in his own right". Evening Chronicle . Newcastle. ^ a b Ranson, Jacob (31 December 2020). "Barry Hearn awarded OBE in New Year honours list" . eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk . Retrieved 20 August 2021 . ^ "Faith, hope and charity". Sunday Life ^ "Pool star Kelly Fisher wants women to compete at the Mosconi Cup again" . skysports.com . 7 May 2021.^ "Mosconi Cup returns to Las Vegas, live on Sky Sports" . skysports.com . 7 December 2017.^ "World Pool Masters Archives - Matchroom Pool" . Matchroom Pool . Retrieved 7 January 2019 .^ "Brady's confidence high on the Europro Tour" Irish Independent . 24 June 2002. p. Golfer 3. Retrieved 7 August 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.^ "About" .^ "World Snooker: Barry Hearn's replacement Steve Dawson ponders filling big shoes and dealing with Judd Trump" . BBC Sport . 27 April 2021.^ Jim White, "Darts king Barry Hearn turns his global sights to table tennis" , The Daily Telegraph
^ "Home ⋆ All Stars Basketball" . All Stars Basketball .^ "Barry Hearn replaced by son Eddie as chairman of Matchroom" . BBC Sport . 20 April 2021.^ "Boxers Archive - Matchroom Boxing" . Matchroom Boxing .
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