HEAVY hitters

Barry and Eddie Hearn welcome the cameras inside their sporting empire

- CAREN CLARK, SEAN MARLAND, RICHARD MCCLURE

NETFLIX Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen
NEW Available: Wednesday 17 September
Genre: Factual Season: 1 Episodes: 6

Netflix takes us behind the scenes of Barry and Eddie Hearn’s sporting empire in this candid reality series following day-to-day life at Matchroom Sport, the Essex-based boxing, darts and snooker promotion company which works with stars such as boxer Anthony Joshua, darts ace Luke Littler and snooker legend Ronnie O’Sullivan.

We sat down with the company’s founder and president, Barry Hearn, 77, and his son, Matchroom chairman Eddie Hearn, 46, to hear more...

Why did you decide it was the right time to let cameras inside Matchroom Sport?