Barry Hearn’s hopes and dreams for the future of darts are coming to fruition. It has taken the president of Matchroom Sports 20 years to see his vision for the sport finally materialise and the way in which darts has blown up in recent years has left Hearn stunned. 4 Luke Littler has inspired a … Read more
Eddie Hearn sacrificed his sunbed to speak to talkSPORT. The Matchroom Boxing chief is out in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury’s rematch this weekend and joined talkSPORT Breakfast on Friday morning beside a swimming pool at his Saudi hotel. 2 Hearn joined talkSPORT Breakfast to preview Usyk vs Fury Before presenters, … Read more
Barry Hearn has told darts players they will have to get used to rowdy Alexandra Palace crowds. The famous venue – where the PDC World Darts Championship has been held every year since 2008 – has become synonymous with a raucous atmosphere during the event. 5 Ally Pally is known for it’s rowdy PDC World … Read more
Simon Jordan and Eddie Hearn went back and forth on talkSPORT on Thursday over Conor Benn’s recent drug test clearance. Benn failed two pre-fight drugs tests for the banned substance Clomifene in the lead-up to his grudge match with Chris Eubank Jr in 2022 and was subsequently put under a provisional suspension by UK-Anti Doping … Read more
Eddie Hearn has admitted to talkSPORT that Anthony Joshua is ‘hurting’ after his devastating defeat at the hands of Daniel Dubois. Joshua was knocked out by his fellow countryman in front of a capacity crowd at Wembley Stadium in September. 3 Dubois destroyed Joshua in his last bout, and will be eyeing up another big … Read more