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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] Matchroom has broadcasting agreements in the United Kingdom with 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] It has become a major event on the professional pool calendar.[ 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] Matchroom Sport also promote the World Cup of Pool , a national team scotch doubles event, and the 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] Later, in the 2000s, came ten pin bowling's Weber Cup .[ 10] In 2009, Barry Hearn became the majority shareholder in 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] Superstars of Gymnastics, British Basketball All-Stars,[ 13] and British Fast5 Netball All-Stars.
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
American
Middleweight
17 July 2018
Murodjon Akhmadaliev
Uzbekistan
Bantamweight
25 April 2019
Demetrius Andrade
American
Middleweight
17 July 2018
WBO middleweight champion
Qais Ashfaq
English
Bantamweight
1 February 2018
Martin Bakole
Congolese
Heavyweight
10 July 2019
Zelfa Barrett
English
Super-featherweight
March 2020
Commonwealth super-featherweight champion
Reece Bellotti
English
Featherweight
30 June 2015
Conor Benn
English
Welterweight
30 March 2016
Chris Billam-Smith
English
Cruiserweight
Commonwealth cruiserweight champion
Dmitry Bivol
Russian
Light-heavyweight
15 January 2019
WBA light-heavyweight champion
Arthur Biyarslanov
Canadian
Light-welterweight
29 March 2019
Cecilia Brækhus
Norwegian
Welterweight
22 October 2019
Joshua Buatsi
English
Light-heavyweight
5 June 2017
Ricky Burns
Scottish
Lightweight
11 March 2013
Chantelle Cameron
English
Light-welterweight
WBC female light-welterweight champion
Felix Cash
English
Middleweight
11 May 2016
Commonwealth middleweight champion
Marc Castro
American
Featherweight
Ted Cheeseman
English
Light-middleweight
9 April 2015
British light-middleweight champion
Souleymane Cissokho
French
Light-middleweight
Kieron Conway
English
Light-middleweight
12 July 2019
Joe Cordina
Welsh
Lightweight
1 February 2017
British lightweight champion
Shannon Courtenay
English
Super-featherweight
Robbie Davies Jr
English
Light-welterweight
John Docherty
Scottish
Super-middleweight
11 July 2018
Sam Eggington
English
Light-middleweight
1 October 2014
Alexis Espino
American
Middleweight
28 October 2018
Juan Francisco Estrada
Mexican
Super-flyweight
28 June 2019
WBA (Super) and The Ring super-flyweight champion
Tevin Farmer
American
Super-featherweight
23 August 2018
Aqib Fiaz
English
Lightweight
Rocky Fielding
English
Super-middleweight
6 June 2012
Scott Fitzgerald
English
Light-middleweight
21 September 2015
British light-middleweight champion
Raymond Ford
American
Super-featherweight
Anthony Fowler
English
Light-middleweight
20 April 2017
Charles Frankham
English
Featherweight
14 January 2019
Kid Galahad
English
Featherweight
Jordan Gill
English
Featherweight
29 October 2018
Shakhram Giyasov
Uzbekistan
Welterweight
25 April 2019
Devin Haney
American
Lightweight
25 April 2019
WBC lightweight champion
Terri Harper
English
Super-featherweight
24 September 2019
WBC , and IBO female super-featherweight champion
John Hedges
English
Super-middleweight
Filip Hrgović
Croatian
Heavyweight
14 February 2019
Daniel Jacobs
American
Middleweight
23 September 2017
Callum Johnson
Scottish
Light-heavyweight
30 June 2015
Natasha Jonas
English
Lightweight
20 June 2017
Otha Jones III
American
Welterweight
16 January 2019
Anthony Joshua
English
Heavyweight
24 July 2013
Josh Kelly
English
Welterweight
8 February 2017
Israil Madrimov
Uzbekistan
Light-middleweight
7 March 2019
Magomedrasul Majidov
Uzbekistan
Heavyweight
10 September 2019
Florian Marku
Albanian
Welterweight
27 November 2020
Savannah Marshall
English
Super-middleweight
1 August 2019
Julio Cesar Martinez
Mexican
Flyweight
11 October 2019
WBC flyweight champion
Reshat Mati
American
Lightweight
17 July 2018
Lawrence Okolie
English
Cruiserweight
18 January 2017
WBO cruiserweight champion
Diego Pacheco
American
Middleweight
5 October 2018
Hopey Price
English
Super-bantamweight
11 October 2018
Craig Richards
English
Light-heavyweight
Lewis Ritson
English
Light-welterweight
10 October 2017
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
Thai
Super-flyweight
30 January 2019
John Ryder
English
Super-middleweight
Billy Joe Saunders
English
Super-middleweight
13 August 2019
Ellie Scotney
English
Featherweight
Lee Selby
Welsh
Lightweight
Amanda Serrano
Puerto Rican
Featherweight
28 October 2018
WBO and WBC interim female champion
Callum Smith
English
Super-middleweight
3 October 2012
Dalton Smith
English
Light-welterweight
21 March 2019
Katie Taylor
Irish
Lightweight
27 October 2016
WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring female lightweight champion
James Tennyson
Northern Irish
Lightweight
Oleksandr Usyk
Ukrainian
Heavyweight
7 September 2018
WBA , IBF , WBO heavyweight champion
Jessie Vargas
American
Light-middleweight
17 July 2018
Josh Warrington
English
Featherweight
February 2020
Martin Joseph Ward
English
Super-featherweight
31 May 2012
Fabio Wardley
English
Heavyweight
Dillian Whyte
English
Heavyweight
20 May 2016
Thomas Whittaker Hart
English
Light-heavyweight
Austin Williams
American
Middleweight
26 February 2019
Gamal Yafai
English
Super-bantamweight
Khalid Yafai
English
Super-flyweight
14 May 2012
Daniyar Yeleussinov
Kazakhstani
Welterweight
5 March 2018
Zhang Zhilei
Chinese
Heavyweight
24 September 2020
Canelo Alvarez
Mexican
Super-middleweight
19 December 2020
WBA , WBC , WBO , IBF , and The Ring super middleweight champion
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 . 20 November 1994. p. 82.
^ "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 , 4 January 2013.
^ "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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