Matchroom Sport Chairman Barry Hearn has been awarded an OBE within the New Yr Honours listing, recognising his companies to sport over 40 years.
An extended-term boxing fan, Hearn moved into battle promotion within the late 1980’s, his first promotion being the Frank Bruno versus Joe Bugner Heavyweight contest at Tottenham Hotspur’s White Hart Lane in entrance of 35,000 followers on Saturday twenty fourth October 1987.
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