Matchroom Sport

Matchroom Sport is a UK-based sporting event promotions company founded by Barry Hearn and run by him 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. Matchroom has broadcasting agreements in the United Kingdom with DAZN, Sky Sports, ITV and the BBC.

Matchroom Sport
Company typePrivate
IndustrySports promotion
HeadquartersBrentwood, Essex
Key people
Barry Hearn
Eddie Hearn
Websitewww.matchroom.com

History

Matchroom formed in 1982 concentrating on snooker management with the likes of Steve Davis, Dennis Taylor, and Jimmy White under contract. It sponsored two non-ranking tournaments, the Matchroom Professional Championship (1986–1988, restricted to its contracted players) and Matchroom League (1987–1994). A novelty song called "Snooker Loopy" by "Chas & Dave and The Matchroom Mob" reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart in 1986, with five Matchroom players featured on backup vocals and in the video.

Hearn's first foray into boxing promotion was the Frank Bruno vs. Joe Bugner heavyweight clash in 1987 in front of 35,000 people at White Hart Lane.

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. It has become a major event on the professional pool calendar.

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. 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.

In 2002, the company formed PGA EuroPro Tour, the UK's leading developmental golf tour, in association with the PGA. Later, in the 2000s, came ten pin bowling's Weber Cup. 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.

More recently, Matchroom has launched the World Championship of Ping Pong, Superstars of Gymnastics, British Basketball All-Stars, 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.

Boxing

Current stable

Boxer Nationality Weight Signed Title
Nikita Ababiy Matchroom Sport  American Middleweight 17 July 2018
Murodjon Akhmadaliev Matchroom Sport  Uzbekistan Bantamweight 25 April 2019
Demetrius Andrade Matchroom Sport  American Middleweight 17 July 2018 WBO middleweight champion
Qais Ashfaq Matchroom Sport  English Bantamweight 1 February 2018
Martin Bakole Matchroom Sport  Congolese Heavyweight 10 July 2019
Zelfa Barrett Matchroom Sport  English Super-featherweight March 2020 Commonwealth super-featherweight champion
Reece Bellotti Matchroom Sport  English Featherweight 30 June 2015
Conor Benn Matchroom Sport  English Welterweight 30 March 2016
Chris Billam-Smith Matchroom Sport  English Cruiserweight Commonwealth cruiserweight champion
Dmitry Bivol Matchroom Sport  Russian Light-heavyweight 15 January 2019 WBA light-heavyweight champion
Arthur Biyarslanov Matchroom Sport  Canadian Light-welterweight 29 March 2019
Cecilia Brækhus Matchroom Sport  Norwegian Welterweight 22 October 2019
Joshua Buatsi Matchroom Sport  English Light-heavyweight 5 June 2017
Ricky Burns Matchroom Sport  Scottish Lightweight 11 March 2013
Chantelle Cameron Matchroom Sport  English Light-welterweight WBC female light-welterweight champion
Felix Cash Matchroom Sport  English Middleweight 11 May 2016 Commonwealth middleweight champion
Marc Castro Matchroom Sport  American Featherweight
Ted Cheeseman Matchroom Sport  English Light-middleweight 9 April 2015 British light-middleweight champion
Souleymane Cissokho Matchroom Sport  French Light-middleweight
Kieron Conway Matchroom Sport  English Light-middleweight 12 July 2019
Joe Cordina Matchroom Sport  Welsh Lightweight 1 February 2017 British lightweight champion
Shannon Courtenay Matchroom Sport  English Super-featherweight
Robbie Davies Jr Matchroom Sport  English Light-welterweight
John Docherty Matchroom Sport  Scottish Super-middleweight 11 July 2018
Sam Eggington Matchroom Sport  English Light-middleweight 1 October 2014
Alexis Espino Matchroom Sport  American Middleweight 28 October 2018
Juan Francisco Estrada Matchroom Sport  Mexican Super-flyweight 28 June 2019 WBA (Super) and The Ring super-flyweight champion
Tevin Farmer Matchroom Sport  American Super-featherweight 23 August 2018
Aqib Fiaz Matchroom Sport  English Lightweight
Rocky Fielding Matchroom Sport  English Super-middleweight 6 June 2012
Scott Fitzgerald Matchroom Sport  English Light-middleweight 21 September 2015 British light-middleweight champion
Raymond Ford Matchroom Sport  American Super-featherweight
Anthony Fowler Matchroom Sport  English Light-middleweight 20 April 2017
Charles Frankham Matchroom Sport  English Featherweight 14 January 2019
Kid Galahad Matchroom Sport  English Featherweight
Jordan Gill Matchroom Sport  English Featherweight 29 October 2018
Shakhram Giyasov Matchroom Sport  Uzbekistan Welterweight 25 April 2019
Devin Haney Matchroom Sport  American Lightweight 25 April 2019 WBC lightweight champion
Terri Harper Matchroom Sport  English Super-featherweight 24 September 2019 WBC, and IBO female super-featherweight champion
John Hedges Matchroom Sport  English Super-middleweight
Filip Hrgović Matchroom Sport  Croatian Heavyweight 14 February 2019
Daniel Jacobs Matchroom Sport  American Middleweight 23 September 2017
Callum Johnson Matchroom Sport  Scottish Light-heavyweight 30 June 2015
Natasha Jonas Matchroom Sport  English Lightweight 20 June 2017
Otha Jones III Matchroom Sport  American Welterweight 16 January 2019
Anthony Joshua Matchroom Sport  English Heavyweight 24 July 2013
Josh Kelly Matchroom Sport  English Welterweight 8 February 2017
Israil Madrimov Matchroom Sport  Uzbekistan Light-middleweight 7 March 2019
Magomedrasul Majidov Matchroom Sport  Uzbekistan Heavyweight 10 September 2019
Florian Marku Matchroom Sport  Albanian Welterweight 27 November 2020
Savannah Marshall Matchroom Sport  English Super-middleweight 1 August 2019
Julio Cesar Martinez Matchroom Sport  Mexican Flyweight 11 October 2019 WBC flyweight champion
Reshat Mati Matchroom Sport  American Lightweight 17 July 2018
Lawrence Okolie Matchroom Sport  English Cruiserweight 18 January 2017 WBO cruiserweight champion
Diego Pacheco Matchroom Sport  American Middleweight 5 October 2018
Hopey Price Matchroom Sport  English Super-bantamweight 11 October 2018
Craig Richards Matchroom Sport  English Light-heavyweight
Lewis Ritson Matchroom Sport  English Light-welterweight 10 October 2017
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai Matchroom Sport  Thai Super-flyweight 30 January 2019
John Ryder Matchroom Sport  English Super-middleweight
Billy Joe Saunders Matchroom Sport  English Super-middleweight 13 August 2019
Ellie Scotney Matchroom Sport  English Featherweight
Callum Smith Matchroom Sport  English Super-middleweight 3 October 2012
Dalton Smith Matchroom Sport  English Light-welterweight 21 March 2019
Katie Taylor Matchroom Sport  Irish Lightweight 27 October 2016 WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring female lightweight champion
James Tennyson Matchroom Sport  Northern Irish Lightweight
Jessie Vargas Matchroom Sport  American Light-middleweight 17 July 2018
Josh Warrington Matchroom Sport  English Featherweight February 2020
Martin Joseph Ward Matchroom Sport  English Super-featherweight 31 May 2012
Fabio Wardley Matchroom Sport  English Heavyweight
Dillian Whyte Matchroom Sport  English Heavyweight 20 May 2016
Thomas Whittaker Hart Matchroom Sport  English Light-heavyweight
Austin Williams Matchroom Sport  American Middleweight 26 February 2019
Gamal Yafai Matchroom Sport  English Super-bantamweight
Khalid Yafai Matchroom Sport  English Super-flyweight 14 May 2012
Daniyar Yeleussinov Matchroom Sport  Kazakhstani Welterweight 5 March 2018
Zhang Zhilei Matchroom Sport  Chinese Heavyweight 24 September 2020
Canelo Alvarez Matchroom Sport  Mexican Super-middleweight 19 December 2020 WBA, WBC, WBO, IBF, and The Ring super middleweight champion

References

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