Is Edward Hearn the most succesful british promoter ever?

He had a head start to the average joe one that you couldnt catch no matter how hard you pushed and work unless you get lucky n win the lottery, thats all, having cash helps when doing most things business related

 

I'm not arguing or even disagreeing but why is Hearn a weasel?

How many fighters have sued Hearn?
How many fighters have said Hearn hasn't paid them?
How many fighters who have worked with Hearn have said he screwed them over?

If you don't like the way he works that's fine, if you just don't like him that's fine but to call him a "weasel" and say the sport would be better off without him is harsh.

Hearn's job is to earn his fighters money, maximise income, he does that well, compare what his fighters earn compared to other promoters, Hearn does a good job.

As a man, yeah he comes across as a bellend quite a lot of the time but in my opinion as a promoter you can't really knock him when you see what he does for his fighters.

 

Most people are helped or "made" by their parents. I don't understand the resentment about that.

Sometimes later in life, when parents pass away they normally leave houses and money to their children and/or loved ones.

Barry Hearn worked very hard, earned money, helped and guided his child, I hope you would do the same, we all want better for our children and if we can help then we do.

Most people get jobs and career opportunities because of who they know not what they know.

I got my first job through a friend, I bet most of the people on here got jobs or opportunities through family or friends.

Some of you sound so bitter about it, I genuinely do not understand the hate, Unless a lot of you are blanked and not helped by your own parents and feel jealous and resentful, I suggest you have a word with them and air you grievances.

 

You don't have to be middle class to go to Oxford or Cambridge.
I class myself as working class as can be. Iv got **** all and have to work 6 sometimes 7 days a week just to get that. My daughter is at Oxford, studying law. I was quite surprised how accepting they were. As long as your clever and work hard that matters more than class hierarchy ime

 

What's Fat Mick up to these days? Mad to think he had the calibre of Froch, Fury and even CEJ in his stable.

 

Great trolling.

 

Living on a caravan park after losing his house to pay for Hughie to stink the house out and lose to Parker.

 

That really is nice to hear, but your daughter will still be in the minority.

It's a fact that a person is 25% more likely to attend Oxford or Cambridge if they have a Norman surname.

Of course Eddie is where he is because of his father, but he has worked hard and made the most of it. Can't blame him for taking the opportunities presented to him.

 

Agreed in principle; I'm not sure about the Norman surname stat (I'd be genuinely interested in that) but it's basically a given that if you go to a high fee Private school in the UK and get good A Level results then you're going to either Oxbridge, Bristol, Durham or Edinburgh i.e. the top UK universities. There is a reason the rich send their kids to high fee schools, and it isn't cos' of the swanky uniforms and good rugby teams.

 

I went to a "high fee private school". Plenty of dummies there pal. By no means a given you will attend a fantastic university.

 

The statistic is from this paper: CLARK, G., & CUMMINS, N. (2013). Surnames and social mobility England 1230 - 2012. London, London School of Economics, Dept. of Economic History

I'ts legit.

 

Eddie ain't div, he knows how to make a few quid

Could do with more quality control at times though

 

You really need to find a better hobby.

 

It's completely irrelevant whether Eddie Hearn or anyone else went to a posh private school and grew up with wealthy parents.

But the relevant fact of the matter is he's come into the family business. That's why it's fair to say he had a leg up from his father. Barry Hearn set up Matchroom years ago, when Eddie was a tiny kid. I remember Barry Hearn from the days before he even got involved in boxing, he was famous for being young Steve Davis's manager and monopolizing management of the top snooker players in the 1980s.
Barry Hearn was an entrepreneur, to his credit.
Eddie Hearn has turned out to be a capable son, but obviously his father deserves credit.

There's a lot of myth surrounding Eddie Hearn's success and contribution to British boxing in recent years though. He's done well, yes, but people seem to be swallowing Eddie's statements a little too easily.

I think he's done a great job convincing SKY to hype and sell some very mediocre fighters (for example, Tony Bellew) and that has to be acknowledged.

But as a boxing fan, I'll judge a promoter on his resume, his record of putting on fights that deserve to be big, and fights and shows that proved to be great. Hearn's record is patchy, he has put on some good ones, a couple of great ones, but has a long way to go.