# 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 had broadcasting agreements in the United Kingdom with DAZN, Sky Sports, ITV, and the BBC.

## 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 May 2018, Matchroom Boxing agreed five-year deal with DAZN reportedly worth £740 million to promote 16 fights in the US on the channel. In June 2021, both firms extended its agreement.
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 | American | Middleweight | 17 July 2018 | |
| Shakur Stevenson | American | Lightweight | 22 August 2024 | |
| Murodjon Akhmadaliev | Uzbekistan | Bantamweight | 25 April 2019 | |
| Demetrius Andrade | American | Middleweight | 17 July 2018 | WBO middleweight champion |
| Qais Ashfaq | English | Bantamweight | 1 February 2018 | |
| Martin Bakole | Congolese | Heavyweight | 10 July 2019 | |
| Zelfa Barrett | English | Super-featherweight | March 2020 | Commonwealth super-featherweight champion |
| Reece Bellotti | English | Featherweight | 30 June 2015 | |
| Conor Benn | English | Welterweight | 30 March 2016 | |
| Chris Billam-Smith | English | Cruiserweight | | WBO cruiserweight champion |
| Dmitry Bivol | Russian | Light-heavyweight | 15 January 2019 | WBA light-heavyweight champion |
| Arthur Biyarslanov | Canadian | Light-welterweight | 29 March 2019 | |
| Cecilia Brækhus | Norwegian | Welterweight | 22 October 2019 | |
| Joshua Buatsi | English | Light-heavyweight | 5 June 2017 | |
| Ricky Burns | Scottish | Lightweight | 11 March 2013 | |
| Felix Cash | English | Middleweight | 11 May 2016 | Commonwealth middleweight champion |
| Marc Castro | American | Featherweight | | |
| Ted Cheeseman | English | Light-middleweight | 9 April 2015 | British light-middleweight champion |
| Souleymane Cissokho | French | Light-middleweight | | |
| Kieron Conway | English | Light-middleweight | 12 July 2019 | |
| Joe Cordina | Welsh | Lightweight | 1 February 2017 | British lightweight champion |
| Shannon Courtenay | English | Super-featherweight | | |
| Robbie Davies Jr | English | Light-welterweight | | |
| Rhiannon Dixon | English | Lightweight | | WBO female lightweight World champion |
| John Docherty | Scottish | Super-middleweight | 11 July 2018 | |
| Sam Eggington | English | Light-middleweight | 1 October 2014 | |
| Alexis Espino | American | Middleweight | 28 October 2018 | |
| Juan Francisco Estrada | Mexican | Super-flyweight | 28 June 2019 | WBA (Super) and The Ring super-flyweight champion |
| Tevin Farmer | American | Super-featherweight | 23 August 2018 | |
| Aqib Fiaz | English | Lightweight | | |
| Rocky Fielding | English | Super-middleweight | 6 June 2012 | |
| Scott Fitzgerald | English | Light-middleweight | 21 September 2015 | British light-middleweight champion |
| Raymond Ford | American | Super-featherweight | | |
| Charles Frankham | English | Featherweight | 14 January 2019 | |
| Kid Galahad | English | Featherweight | | |
| Jordan Gill | English | Featherweight | 29 October 2018 | |
| Shakhram Giyasov | Uzbekistan | Welterweight | 25 April 2019 | |
| Devin Haney | American | Lightweight | 25 April 2019 | WBC lightweight champion |
| Terri Harper | English | Super-featherweight | 24 September 2019 | |
| John Hedges | English | Super-middleweight | | |
| Filip Hrgović | Croatian | Heavyweight | 14 February 2019 | |
| Daniel Jacobs | American | Middleweight | 23 September 2017 | |
| Callum Johnson | Scottish | Light-heavyweight | 30 June 2015 | |
| Natasha Jonas | English | Lightweight | 20 June 2017 | |
| Otha Jones III | American | Welterweight | 16 January 2019 | |
| Anthony Joshua | English | Heavyweight | 24 July 2013 | |
| Josh Kelly | English | Welterweight | 8 February 2017 | |
| Israil Madrimov | Uzbekistan | Light-middleweight | 7 March 2019 | |
| Magomedrasul Majidov | Uzbekistan | Heavyweight | 10 September 2019 | |
| Florian Marku | Albanian | Welterweight | 27 November 2020 | |
| Savannah Marshall | English | Super-middleweight | 1 August 2019 | |
| Julio Cesar Martinez | Mexican | Flyweight | 11 October 2019 | WBC flyweight champion |
| Reshat Mati | American | Lightweight | 17 July 2018 | |
| Diego Pacheco | American | Middleweight | 5 October 2018 | |
| Hopey Price | English | Super-bantamweight | 11 October 2018 | |
| Craig Richards | English | Light-heavyweight | | |
| Lewis Ritson | English | Light-welterweight | 10 October 2017 | |
| Srisaket Sor Rungvisai | Thai | Super-flyweight | 30 January 2019 | |
| Shannon Ryan | English | Super-flyweight | March 2023 | WBA female super-flyweight International champion |
| Billy Joe Saunders | English | Super-middleweight | 13 August 2019 | |
| Ellie Scotney | English | Super-bantamweight | | IBF, WBO and The Ring female super-bantamweight World champion |
| Callum Smith | English | Super-middleweight | 3 October 2012 | |
| Dalton Smith | English | Light-welterweight | 21 March 2019 | |
| Katie Taylor | Irish | Lightweight | 27 October 2016 | WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring female lightweight champion |
| James Tennyson | Northern Irish | Lightweight | | |
| Jessie Vargas | American | Light-middleweight | 17 July 2018 | |
| Josh Warrington | English | Featherweight | February 2020 | |
| Martin Joseph Ward | English | Super-featherweight | 31 May 2012 | |
| Thomas Whittaker Hart | English | Light-heavyweight | | |
| Austin Williams | American | Middleweight | 26 February 2019 | |
| Gamal Yafai | English | Super-bantamweight | | |
| Khalid Yafai | English | Super-flyweight | 14 May 2012 | |
| Daniyar Yeleussinov | Kazakhstani | Welterweight | 5 March 2018 | |
| Canelo Alvarez | Mexican | Super-middleweight | 19 December 2020 | WBA, WBC, WBO, IBF, and The Ring super middleweight champion |