How Brash Boxing Promoter Eddie Hearn Turned Matchroom Sport Into A Multimillion Dollar Company

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  • Опубликовано: 10 авг 2023
  • Inside the Hilton Syon Park hotel, on another cloudy London day in July, Eddie Hearn has gathered the media for what he bills as boxing’s next big U.K. fight, an August rematch between two-time former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and ex-British boxing champ Dillian Whyte. (Days after this story was published in the August/September issue of Forbes magazine, Whyte was replaced by Robert Helenius due to a failed a drug test.) Yet Hearn can’t help thinking ahead. Noticing former heavyweight contender Derek Chisora a few feet away, he crashes a RUclips interview with another fighter, Fabio Wardley. “What about you two?” Hearn jokes, until both unexpectedly express interest and the wheels start turning. It’s no blockbuster match, but there isn’t a limelight too small, or big, for boxing’s perpetual hype machine.
    The 44-year-old Hearn loves to put on a show. He’s pushed the boundaries of his family’s event promotion company, Matchroom Sport, to previously unimaginable heights, which Forbes estimates posted fiscal 2023 (ended June 30) revenue of $365 million and a net profit of $60 million. Much of that is thanks to the rejuvenation of its boxing division, which he has steered since 2012 from small-time enterprise to global brand. Boxing now accounts for over half ($235 million) of Matchroom Sport’s estimated annual sales and nearly $20 million of its cash flow. It is the biggest name in U.K. boxing, a nascent yet profitable player in America and an emerging presence in newer markets such as the Middle East.
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Комментарии • 49

  • @haruspex1-50
    @haruspex1-50 10 месяцев назад +19

    Everything Simon Jordan wished he was

  • @atty.fernandog.madarcos8724
    @atty.fernandog.madarcos8724 10 месяцев назад +16

    Best promoter in the planet.
    Will be in the billionaires list soon with his old man.💯

  • @talk2s5061X
    @talk2s5061X 10 месяцев назад +8

    Great guy ❤

  • @redkem80
    @redkem80 10 месяцев назад +9

    I like Eddie Hearn 👍🏿

  • @rossa23
    @rossa23 10 месяцев назад +13

    Best promoter in the business globally

    • @James-th7wb
      @James-th7wb 10 месяцев назад

      You have no clue.

    • @unbearabull
      @unbearabull 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@James-th7wbwhos better

    • @TheMaestro8
      @TheMaestro8 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@James-th7wbwe are still waiting.

  • @markmorris7123
    @markmorris7123 10 месяцев назад +5

    Best sports company in the world

  • @JohnODonovan1987
    @JohnODonovan1987 9 месяцев назад +1

    Good to see there is zero due diligence and research done by Forbes for this. Basically PR journalism.

  • @James-th7wb
    @James-th7wb 10 месяцев назад

    By inheriting it.

  • @neermalahdewkurun9285
    @neermalahdewkurun9285 10 месяцев назад +2

    The best like him or not

  • @trishennaidoo1309
    @trishennaidoo1309 10 месяцев назад +2

    Simon Jordan's going to love this

  • @asada9593
    @asada9593 10 месяцев назад

    It's not snucker 😂

  • @ipod9771
    @ipod9771 5 месяцев назад

    Eddie needs to buy boxing, so theirs one major brand. The best need to fight the best, and the undercards or co main events need to be bigger and better and given more attention. This is my favorite sport in the world, I hate to see how jumbled it can be for the common viewer

  • @lefthookloo6486
    @lefthookloo6486 10 месяцев назад +2

    Eddies the man he could sell sand to the Arabs,🥊🥊

  • @lilbaigs5003
    @lilbaigs5003 10 месяцев назад +1

    Simon Jordan needs to see this

  • @James-th7wb
    @James-th7wb 10 месяцев назад +2

    Eddie forgot to mention the part where Sky gave him a monopoly and forced all other promoters out

    • @carlitor4173
      @carlitor4173 10 месяцев назад +4

      Not really, bt have queensberry so its not a monopoly, and he does mention it in the video, which obviously you haven't watched

    • @unbearabull
      @unbearabull 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@carlitor4173🤣 these people

    • @freddiefreeman4119
      @freddiefreeman4119 9 месяцев назад

      What makes you think Matchroom don’t have a say in their negotiations 😂 never been in business have you?

  • @Koi-addict33
    @Koi-addict33 10 месяцев назад

    Lol he didn't his dad did , and the profits are not that amazing from 60 million boxing revenue they made 12 million profit the last tax year

  • @imnotavingthat6813
    @imnotavingthat6813 10 месяцев назад +2

    Barry is the one who deserves all the credit, started the company and then guided his son to take the Co forward, Which Eddie has done very well and moved the company on big time. As much as he's a snake oil salesman, you gotta give him his dues, much respect

  • @shitmonkyable
    @shitmonkyable 10 месяцев назад +5

    His dad gave him a multimillion dollar company. The end.

    • @ianmiles4447
      @ianmiles4447 10 месяцев назад +6

      Which Eddie's turn into a billion dollar company and were nowhere near the end 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @shitmonkyable
      @shitmonkyable 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@ianmiles4447 no he hasn't. What an odd thing to lie about

    • @TheIrishny
      @TheIrishny 10 месяцев назад +1

      Did you even watch the video? Its 30x the size it was now than when he took it over.

    • @JohnODonovan1987
      @JohnODonovan1987 9 месяцев назад

      @@ianmiles4447it’s nowhere near a billion dollar company, behave. His venture to the US has been a complete and utter failure. He no longer has sell out shows. When AJ retired he has no stars in the UK. The move to DAZN has been great for the balance sheet temporarily but it is no wonder they couldn’t see a stake in the business like they wanted to. Their future revenues from boxing will come nowhere near the last 5 to 7 years. Any investor with a bit sense will be able to see this.

    • @freddiefreeman4119
      @freddiefreeman4119 9 месяцев назад +1

      Those green eyes don’t suit you pal

  • @mazimazu8122
    @mazimazu8122 10 месяцев назад +4

    Eddie Hearn has so many haterz

    • @mikhelBrown
      @mikhelBrown 9 месяцев назад

      Because he's good at what he does and he's talking all the business off the table. That's why they hate him. 💯

    • @JohnODonovan1987
      @JohnODonovan1987 9 месяцев назад

      @@mikhelBrowntaking all the business off the table😂 he has completely failed in the US and now his own broadcaster is throwing him under the bus for his lies.

  • @tobyway5093
    @tobyway5093 10 месяцев назад

    Pleb

  • @Smokey2Mc
    @Smokey2Mc 10 месяцев назад +3

    He's flopped massively in America, he's been a disaster at Dazn.

    • @James-th7wb
      @James-th7wb 10 месяцев назад +1

      Exactly

    • @freddiefreeman4119
      @freddiefreeman4119 9 месяцев назад

      Envy is one of the seven deadly sins ya know

    • @James-th7wb
      @James-th7wb 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@freddiefreeman4119 Living vicariously through another is incredibly pathetic. Eddie doesn't love you back.

    • @Smokey2Mc
      @Smokey2Mc 9 месяцев назад

      @@freddiefreeman4119 It's not envy it's facts. Prove me wrong?

    • @Smokey2Mc
      @Smokey2Mc 9 месяцев назад

      @@James-th7wb Exactly James. 👍

  • @JRESNIPPETSANDCLIPPETS
    @JRESNIPPETSANDCLIPPETS 10 месяцев назад +5

    I can’t believe this video hasn’t got more views!! What a inspirational story of big scale business SUCCESS! You gotta give it to him! Eddie Hearn is a WORK HORSE of monumental proportions! 💯💯🫡🫡🫡