Eddie Hearn: I Nearly Signed Tyson Fury! | Stick to Football EP 4

On our latest episode of Stick to Football, brought to you by Sky Bet, we are joined by one of the world’s leading sports promoters Eddie Hearn.

Chairman of Matchroom Sport, a sporting promotion company founded by his father Barry, Eddie has a renowned status around the globe having played a major role behind some of boxing’s biggest success stories.

Listen to incredible anecdotes from past promotions, what boxing is like as a business and how Eddie wants to see boxing develop and grow into the community.

Eddie also chats about how he nearly signed Tyson Fury, a prospected fight between Fury and his star-fighter Anthony Joshua and why Katie Taylor completely changed his outlook on women’s boxing.

Eddie delves into the recent rise of YouTube boxing and what it means to the professional world and ends on how his family continues to play a major role in his career.

If you liked the episode don't forget to let us know in the comments and if you want to listen only you can catch Stick to Football on all major podcast platforms.

00:00: Intro
00:28: Behind The Scenes
01:36: Gary’s introduction
02:03: Life as a Boxing promoter
03:39: Eddie’s father Barry and his influence
04:40: Competing with YouTube fighters
07:16: On DAZN
09:25: Boxing as a business
12:02: Prospect of Anthony Joshua v Tyson Fury
15:50: Hearn on Katie Taylor’s trailblazing
21:05: How to protect professional boxers
25:06: Anthony Joshua’s defeat to Oleksandr Usyk
27:55: Promoting Derek Chisora v Dillian Whyte
32:43: Boxing in the community
38:44: Nearly signing Tyson Fury
43:25: Anthony Joshua’s career
46:31: Hearn’s biggest regret
50:30: Losing £1m on a fight
53:20: Eddie’s relationship with father Barry
55:30: Family life with daughters Isabella and Sophia

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[George-dubf]

Ian Wright really is an absolute gentleman. Telling Nev to keep the shirt on after the banter at the beginning when he said he'd lost his confidence to wear it, proper salt of the earth, caring bloke.

[gazzb]

Neville, you are killing it with The Overlap. The guests are phenomenal. Eddie Hearn is a great interview. Terrific banter.

[JonerFootball]

Eddie is unreal at telling a story. What a podcast. Probably the best out there

[elliotpaveley]

“I was told I was a silver spoon kid but I told him I made it gold”. Some response that to be fair 🤣

[music_thought]

You can tell that eveyone is genuinely loving Eddie's stories. They are happy to let him talk. He's a legend. Great show!

[realmadridthings]

Quickly becoming my favorite show! Amazing casting and they let the guests TALK! Love it so far!!

[unclejimmymedia]

I love the relationship between Garry and Jamie. From absolute deadly rivals to being close friends and both so interesting to listen to especially when together. Good to see. Also, Eddie Hearn is an interesting business character

[ThDeuSs]

The thing that makes this show and the panel so great is that despite these guys all being legends of their craft, famous, successful, however you want to describe it. They arent overblown with ego and just come across as decent people that you could easily sit down and have a pint and chat with. Excellent show as always!

[tygerrruk]

The gift that keeps on giving ..stick to football 2023 is mint

[WinstonEdgoose]

Great Interview, Eddie always knows how to tell a story

[Needlemeetsgroove]

This was just perfect. Great chemistry and Eddie was down to earth, genuine and a great guest.

[JR_AFC]

I love football, but these outside footy guest appearances are brilliant. Loved this episode with Eddie. Such interesting stories, and love that all the hosts really let Eddie speak and share his experiences with us.

10/10

[craig]

Another great overlap Ep! Absolutely loving the new format and Eddie Hearn is always great value in an interview! The banter is quality!

[sorchaking]

Gary Neville at face value has always been the Person on the side. But he doesn’t take himself to serious and is a successful businessman now. The fella needs to be applauded.

[willcroot]

The little jab at Simon Jordan at the end. Love it 😭😭🤣

[BLACULA-Skeewoah]

People call Eddie the silver spoon kid, probably always will. But you can't deny that he's carved his own path, massively expanded what once was a small regional boxing promotion into the new leading international promotion (since showtime have decided to close doors). But he's the perfect face of a promotion, personable, cutt throat, blunt, but not nasty. He has ten times more humility than his peers like Oscar De La Hoya, Bob Arum... Even Dana White has been downright evil and shady!

Wonder when he'll manage to get Carra VS Neville signed though 😂

[coopsbeaver]

Neville - Good, likable, down to earth guy which is why The Overlap works. Brilliant Podcast channel.

[padraighamilton]

Unbelievable work from Gary again, picking guests that fit perfectly and portray what the overlap is all about. Never thought we would see the day Roy Keane is talking about Jake Paul

[mariadodds]

Amazing people sitting around the table. Eddie is a great speaker and the conversation was class. Best football podcast on YouTube. 🎉🎉🎉

[Kugann]

Carrager's quick wit'd one liners are class