Matchroom Boxing
Matchroom Sport and group companies posted £17.8m profit during Covid-hit year
Revenues at Matchroom Sport and its group subsidiaries reached £189.
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Saudi Arabia secures Usyk v Joshua rematch
Saudi Arabia has added another major sporting event to its hosting portfolio with the news that unified heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk will put his IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO world boxing titles o…
Matchroom Boxing adds to senior team with Underwood and Haines hires
The Matchroom Boxing promoter has moved away from its traditional recruitment model by hiring Daniel Underwood and Alex Haines
BBC picks up delayed rights to Taylor-Serrano in deal with DAZN
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has struck an agreement with sports streaming service DAZN and Matchroom Boxing to show a full re-run of last weekend’s historic boxing match between Katie Taylor a…
Taylor-Serrano bout meets hype with crowd of 19,000 at MSG
Raucous atmosphere marks key inflection point for women's boxing
New boxing promoter Probellum agrees Whisper tie-up, DAZN to show Canelo on PPV
UK-based sports production company Whisper has agreed a deal with Probellum, the fledgling global boxing promotion and media company
Anthony Joshua pens ‘career-long’ Matchroom Boxing deal
Unified heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua has signed a ‘career-long’ promotional deal with the Matchroom Boxing promoter.
Matchroom Boxing and DAZN agree five-year deal in the UK & Ireland
DAZN and Matchroom Boxing have confirmed a global media rights deal that from July 31 will include rights in the UK and Ireland, ending a decades-long partnership between Matchroom and pay-television broadcaster…
Hearn: Joshua v Fury Saudi Arabia fight ‘could host overseas fans’
International fans could attend the heavyweight title fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia, according to Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn.
Canelo-Saunders title fight held in front of US Covid record 73,126 attendance
The world super-middleweight unification fight between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on May 8 drew an announced crowd of 73,126 fans, which represents …
Barry Hearn retires as Matchroom Sport chairman, to be replaced by son Eddie
Barry Hearn is to step down as chairman of the Matchroom Sport agency and associated companies with son Eddie Hearn to assume the role
Canelo-Saunders fight at AT&T Stadium poised to attract 60,000-plus crowd
The upcoming world super-middleweight title fight between Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders is expected to draw a crowd of over 60,000 fans, making it one of the highest-attended sporting events…
Matchroom ‘working hard’ to bring fans to four events at Wembley Arena
Matchroom Boxing has announced that it will host four events at Wembley Arena in London across a six-week period in October, November, and December
Matchroom Boxing adds Wow Hydrate to sponsor portfolio
Matchroom Boxing has agreed a sponsorship deal with sports hydration brand Wow Hydrate.
The two-year deal names Wow Hydrate as the official sports hydration partner of Matchroom Boxing
Matchroom in talks to bring Joshua fight to Kinshasa for ‘Rumble in the Jungle 2’
Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has confirmed that preliminary conversations have been held regarding taking an Anthony Joshua fight to the Stade Tata Raphaël in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, …
Matchroom’s Hearn recommends DAZN subscription hike in US
Subscription OTT streaming platform DAZN should more than double its monthly US subscription fee in order to lock in a long-term commitment from boxing fans, according to Eddie Hearn, managing director…
DAZN expands Spanish offering with Matchroom Boxing’s Barcelona event
OTT sports streaming service DAZN has added to the content on its Spanish platform after agreeing a deal to broadcast the first Matchroom Boxing event held in Spain later this year