Matchroom Boxing
EXCLUSIVE: Matchroom Boxing to sue Rakuten over Japan contract
Matchroom Boxing is taking legal action against Rakuten Ticket, Inc related to an ill-fated move into Japan, SportBusiness can reveal
Matchroom reaffirms investment appeal with £34m profit
Matchroom Sport delivered a profit of £33.8m during the 2022-23 financial reporting period on the back of strong performances from its darts and boxing verticals, SportBusiness has learned.
Hearn: Matchroom equity sale still likely
Matchroom chairman Eddie Hearn believes a deal to sell a minority stake in the company will “probably happen” despite a proposed deal with CVC Capital Partners falling through earlier this year.In
Matchroom fighting for £1bn valuation as investors circle
Matchroom's Eddie Hearn talks exclusively to SportBusiness about private equity interest, the death of PPV boxing and the rise of influencers.
Saudi Arabia entrenches itself as home of boxing with ‘Day of Reckoning’ mega card
Saudi Arabia has positioned itself at the forefront of worldwide boxing after brokering agreements with multiple promoters in record time to stage what is being described as the biggest card in boxing
Matchroom breaks into Japanese boxing with live events pledge
Matchroom Boxing is making a move into Japan, after signing an agreement with Rakuten Ticket, Inc and Never Say Never (NSN), a sports entertainment and marketing company
Matchroom extends DAZN deal in US, Mexico
Sports event promotion firm Matchroom has signed a three-year extension to its boxing rights deal with subscription sports streaming service DAZN in the US and Mexico
Matchroom Sport and group companies posted £17.8m profit during Covid-hit year
Revenues at Matchroom Sport and its group subsidiaries reached £189.
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