Eddie Hearn: I Nearly Signed Tyson Fury! | Stick to Football EP 4

On our latest episode of Stick to Football, brought to you by Sky Bet, we are joined by one of the world’s leading sports promoters Eddie Hearn.

Chairman of Matchroom Sport, a sporting promotion company founded by his father Barry, Eddie has a renowned status around the globe having played a major role behind some of boxing’s biggest success stories.

Listen to incredible anecdotes from past promotions, what boxing is like as a business and how Eddie wants to see boxing develop and grow into the community.

Eddie also chats about how he nearly signed Tyson Fury, a prospected fight between Fury and his star-fighter Anthony Joshua and why Katie Taylor completely changed his outlook on women’s boxing.

Eddie delves into the recent rise of YouTube boxing and what it means to the professional world and ends on how his family continues to play a major role in his career.

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00:00: Intro
00:28: Behind The Scenes
01:36: Gary’s introduction
02:03: Life as a Boxing promoter
03:39: Eddie’s father Barry and his influence
04:40: Competing with YouTube fighters
07:16: On DAZN
09:25: Boxing as a business
12:02: Prospect of Anthony Joshua v Tyson Fury
15:50: Hearn on Katie Taylor’s trailblazing
21:05: How to protect professional boxers
25:06: Anthony Joshua’s defeat to Oleksandr Usyk
27:55: Promoting Derek Chisora v Dillian Whyte
32:43: Boxing in the community
38:44: Nearly signing Tyson Fury
43:25: Anthony Joshua’s career
46:31: Hearn’s biggest regret
50:30: Losing £1m on a fight
53:20: Eddie’s relationship with father Barry
55:30: Family life with daughters Isabella and Sophia

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