Rio Ferdinand

Eddie Hearn: No Passion, No Point

BBC

Sports, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 867 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

One of the world’s best-known sports promoters Eddie Hearn is back for third series of No Passion, No Point.

In this series, Eddie chats to some of the biggest names in sport, entertainment and business, including Rio Ferdinand, Canelo Alvarez and even Eddie's dad, Barry Hearn. He’ll learn about their passions, what gets them up in the morning, and how they built their successful careers.

To kick off the series, Eddie talks to former Manchester United and England captain Rio Ferdinand. They chat about his football career and some nights out where they crossed paths, his plans for the future, and how to give the next generation the opportunities to make the most of their passions.

No Passion, No Point is produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies, and is a BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 5 Live. Listen now on BBC Sounds.

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0:00.0	For all things football,
0:03.0	Wow, you will not see a better goal.
0:05.0	BBC Sounds has got you covered.
0:08.0	These fans have got absolutely wild.
0:10.0	More live Premier League football than anywhere else on Five Live.
0:15.0	And there is the whistle and a brand new season begins.
0:18.0	And the Football Daily Podcast.
0:20.0	Everything Football, every day.
0:22.0	For all the Premier League action and reaction,
0:25.0	listen on BBC sounds.
0:27.0	Now, before we get into it,
0:31.0	I better let you know there's some strong language coming up so
0:34.2	listeners discretion is advised. Hi my name's Eddie Hearn and this is no passion no point.
0:44.4	Well here we go again I can't believe they've got me back for season three last time I spoke
0:54.6	to you guys was just after the AJ Pulev fight ended and we had a thousand people
0:59.9	back in the arena we were opening up up, they said, thousand now, next 5,000 and 10,000.
1:06.4	Before we know it would be in Wembley. Oh no, that was the last time we saw crowds in the UK.
1:10.6	So back we went, back behind closed doors back in bubbles back in testing I suppose
1:15.9	it's easy to say normality will resume soon but normality will resume soon and hopefully
1:22.1	we can return to normal but I've lost count
1:24.8	the amount of times people said to me where are we up to with AJ Fury and the worst
1:27.8	thing I always do is talk too much you might have realized that from this podcast.
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