Barry Hearn
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Name: Barry Hearn
Birth Name: Barry Maurice William Hearn
Hometown: Brentwood, Essex, United Kingdom
Birthplace: Dagenham, Essex, United Kingdom
Promoter: Record
Barry Hearn is a sports promoter based in England, he was the head of Matchroom Sport. Matchroom Sport is involved in the promotion of boxing, golf, snooker, pool, poker, and darts. Although Hearn has experienced most of his success promoting boxing and snooker over the years, the recent rise in popularity of poker has made that portion of Matchroom's business as its most profitable at this time.
Hearn is best known as the man who managed and promoted snooker player Steve Davis and boxer Chris Eubank.
Hearn was also the owner (circa 1995) of the Leyton Orient football team in Leyton, England.
Father of Eddie Hearn.