The honoured
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FIGURES from boxing were recognised in the New Year Honours list. Barry Hearn, the chairman of promotional powerhouse Matchroom, received an OBE for his services to sport.
Hearn, then a chartered accountant, initially began working in sport as the manager of snooker player Steve Davis in the late 1970s, before forming Matchroom Sport in 1982. In 1987 he promoted his first contest
