Stick to Football — Season 1, Episode 4: Eddie Hearn: Rooney vs Jake Paul at Old Trafford?

Episode synopsis

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.

About Stick to Football

An original series from The Overlap with Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher, Jill Scott, Ian Wright and Roy Keane, featuring special guests discussing all things football.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Sancho Saga
• E2Beckham on Netflix Doc & Messi
• E3Rooney Returns & VAR nightmares
• E5Roy Keane Goes Through All His Red Cards!
• E6Getting Back From Saipan & Gazza’s Meltdown
• E7Everton Fans Should Be Furious!
• E8Ronnie: I Recognise Myself In Roy
• E9United’s Press Leaks, Pep Lashes Out & Being Late!
• E10Jaap Stam On Leaving United, Losing In Istanbul & Ten Hag
• E11Secret Santa, Parties & Football At Christmas!
• E12Keane & Wrighty vs Gary & Carra | Stick to Football Quiz with Paddy McGuinness
• E13Rory McIlroy: Roy Keane Refused Me For Autograph!