#150. Matchroom Sport Billionaire - Barry Hearn

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🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Barry Hearn, the legendary boxing promoter and chairman of Matchroom Sport discusses the highly anticipated clash between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, the unprecedented financial backing from Saudi Arabia, and Matchroom's groundbreaking multi-million-pound contract with DAZN.

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0:00.0	But right at the end, I sat in the chair you're sitting in when Anthony Joshua was there,
0:03.8	and he looked to me one day and he said, what do you really want out of me?
0:07.4	I said, I want one percent of your adrenaline.
0:12.7	Who do you think we'd win the fight AJ Tyson Fury?
0:15.7	I think at the moment, you make Tyson Fury a big favorite.
0:19.7	AJ has concussive power.
0:22.0	I don't think I've ever seen a heavyweight
0:23.8	since Ernie Schaefer punch as hard as AJ.
0:27.6	Saudi would come and say,
0:28.4	we want boxing over here now.
0:29.9	What sort of multiples are they paying out there
0:32.3	in Saudi compared to what you'd be paying in England?
0:34.6	Mind your own business.
0:36.2	A lot more.
0:37.1	A lot more. A lot more.
0:37.8	And Anthony likes to fight.
0:39.3	I believe that he believes that he can get back to being the unified champion in the world.
0:45.1	What were the big fights you put Eubank in with?
0:46.8	Was it Eubank Ben?
0:47.7	Newbank Ben in 1990.
0:49.2	It was the best fight I've ever seen to this day.
0:51.2	Why was there not a third fight with Eubank then?
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