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Matchroom Sport to make major boxing announcement - 16/08/2012

Eddie Hearn hosting media day on August 28

Matchroom Sport will make a huge announcement for British boxing on August 28 at a media day at their headquarters in Essex.

Hearn's stable of exciting British stars and future talent will assemble in front of the media in Brentwood as they all stand on the cusp of huge fights in their careers.

The promoter says that the news will excite the fans as the new season approaches on September 8, where Darren Barker and Tony Bellew headline a massive show at Alexandra Palace in north London, live on Sky Sports.

"I am very excited about the future of British boxing and our announcement on August 28 will send a strong message to the fans," said Hearn. "The Olympics breathed even more life into the sport and we aim to capitalise on the love there is out there for boxing with some great shows in the coming season, and I think that our media day will stoke the fires even further."

Barker returns to action after almost a year out of the ring following his heroic World title challenge against Sergio Martinez in Atlantic City on October 1, and faces the Italian middleweight champion Simone Rotolo for the IBF Inter Continental middleweight title. Bellew continues his charge towards a second shot at a light heavyweight World title and meets hard-hitting Edison Miranda in a mouth-watering clash for the WBC International belt.

Two weeks later the attention turns to Belfast with Carl Frampton headlining a huge show in his hometown, then the first Betfair Prizefighter night of the new season takes place at the Liverpool Olympia on October 6 with a dream lightweight line-up featuring Anthony Crolla, Derry Mathews and Gary Sykes - before local hero and Prizefighter champ Rocky Fielding fights for his first title against Wayne Reed for the Central Area super middleweight crown.

Kell Brook steps into the ring at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield on October 20 in an eliminator for the mandatory position for the IBF welterweight title against Argentine Hector Saldivia and then Britain's number one fighter Carl Froch defends his IBF super middleweight belt for the first time in a November show to be announced next week.

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Hearn also admitted that he has heard the persistent rumours that Sky Sports have made Matchroom their sole provider of boxing content, although both sides have kept their own counsel when pressed on the issue. Hearn, though, stated that the details of Matchroom's latest T.V. deal with the network will be revealed at their annual summer media day, which is expected to take place soon.

"We'll make an announcement very soon about our position with Sky," said Hearn. "There's reports and Sky have shown a confidence in us, but that is all we're saying until our big media day. We're in a position where lots of fighters want to sign with us, so I just want to be careful and make sure I can keep my promises to fighters because that means a lot to me."

:think

 

[Roe]

I don't get it..

 

[Wallet]

What's not to get, @Roe?

 

[Roe]

I don't get what they're gonna be announcing.

 

[Bryn]

I don't get what they're gonna be announcing.

That's because they haven't announced it yet.

 

[Wallet]

It's a mystery.



Maybe they've signed Richard Keys...

 

[Roe]

That's because they haven't announced it yet.

:lol:

It's a mystery.

Maybe they've signed Richard Keys...

:lol:

 

[CamR21]

They will announce Froch's opponent, their sky deal, Brook undercard (maybe if not before), couple of new signings (maybe Olympian) and Rees' next fight

 

[tdw]

Some completely wild speculation on my part but Hearn has hinted that Sky are going to work with another promoter and he wants to be able to deliver more for his fighters. Meanwhile, Golden Boy are talking about signing 1 or 2 British Olympians for their 'Dream Team' and Sky announced earlier in the year a deal with Golden Boy that hasn't really led anywhere.

Doesn't make great sense because Schaefer hasn't spoken highly of Hearn but maybe Golden Boy are looking to make a couple of British stars that they could eventually promote shows around over here and as part of the deal they work closer with Matchroom

 

[Wallet]

Some completely wild speculation on my part but Hearn has hinted that Sky are going to work with another promoter and he wants to be able to deliver more for his fighters. Meanwhile, Golden Boy are talking about signing 1 or 2 British Olympians for their 'Dream Team' and Sky announced earlier in the year a deal with Golden Boy that hasn't really led anywhere.

Doesn't make great sense because Schaefer has spoken highly of Hearn but maybe Golden Boy are looking to make a couple of British stars that they could eventually promote shows around over here and as part of the deal they work closer with Matchroom

Seems even more unlikely when you consider that they turned down Groves because of his involvement with Golden Boy.

 

[dftaylor]

Eddie: "Wotcha! We've agreed a new deal with Sky. Even less boxing, all supplied by Matchroom, using fighters other promoters developed while doing nothing to help build grass roots boxing. Also, I'm very handsome and painfully self-interested."

Boxing fans: "HE'S DREAMY!"

Unless he's doing something to build the sport's profile beyond the pay-walls of Sky, I couldn't give a fuck.

 

[dftaylor]

Doesn't make great sense because Schaefer has spoken highly of Hearn but maybe Golden Boy are looking to make a couple of British stars that they could eventually promote shows around over here and as part of the deal they work closer with Matchroom

The same Hearn that Schaefer and Oscar had massive words with during Khan-McCloskey? Seems unlikely - any links?

 

[Ashedward]

Eddie: "Wotcha! We've agreed a new deal with Sky. Even less boxing, all supplied by Matchroom, using fighters other promoters developed while doing nothing to help build grass roots boxing. Also, I'm very handsome and painfully self-interested."

Boxing fans: "HE'S DREAMY!"

Unless he's doing something to build the sport's profile beyond the pay-walls of Sky, I couldn't give a fuck.

Calm down dear,your Eddie Hearn hatred is a little unhealthy imo

 

[Vano-irons]

An announcement to announce there's gonna be an announcement? My head hurts

 

[Vano-irons]

Calm down dear,your Eddie Hearn hatred is a little unhealthy imo

Ask his about Degale :yep

 

[Ashedward]

Ask his about Degale :yep

His views on Degale are very similar to mine to be fair::yep but his hatred of the savior of our sport is just wrong

 

[dftaylor]

Calm down dear,your Eddie Hearn hatred is a little unhealthy imo

I actually don't hate Eddie, but as with DeGale, I need to be a balance to overly positive fanboys who aren't seeing him for what he is. He's just a promoter, not the saviour of boxing. His efforts have been too narrow to be genuinely mainstream.

 

[Roe]

Eddie: "Wotcha! We've agreed a new deal with Sky. Even less boxing, all supplied by Matchroom, using fighters other promoters developed while doing nothing to help build grass roots boxing. Also, I'm very handsome and painfully self-interested."

Boxing fans: "HE'S DREAMY!"

Unless he's doing something to build the sport's profile beyond the pay-walls of Sky, I couldn't give a fuck.

atsch

 

[Ashedward]

I actually don't hate Eddie, but as with DeGale, I need to be a balance to overly positive fanboys who aren't seeing him for what he is. He's just a promoter, not the saviour of boxing. His efforts have been too narrow to be genuinely mainstream.

I think us boxing fans are just happy with a promoter that delivers what he says and so far he has.He has signed allot of young amaturs and how he brings them on will be interesting.I don`t think anyone thinks he is a savior, they just are happy with the cards he is trying to put on.The last Brook card was stacked the London one coming up is pretty good as is the Belfast one.

I read what he said in an article once about fights in leisure centres which are half empty and look awful on tv and that is what he trying to get rid off and make every fight card an event,which i agree with.

 

[dftaylor]

I think us boxing fans are just happy with a promoter that delivers what he says and so far he has.He has signed allot of young amaturs and how he brings them on will be interesting.I don`t think anyone thinks he is a savior, they just are happy with the cards he is trying to put on.The last Brook card was stacked the London one coming up is pretty good as is the Belfast one.

I read what he said in an article once about fights in leisure centres which are half empty and look awful on tv and that is what he trying to get rid off and make every fight card an event,which i agree with.

I don't think the answer is reducing the amount of boxing on TV and focusing primarily on big shows. It means smaller fighters aren't getting the chance to get exposure unless they're on the undercard of a big fight. That's my issue - it seems a very shallow and reductive way of building the sport. The UFC does a much better job of building new stars because it gives them coverage and sets up the PPVs.