David Haye fought a timid Olympic Gold medallist in Eddie Hearn’s worst night on the job

Eddie Hearn has been at the helm of some of the greatest events in boxing, but has also been involved in one of the worst, early in his promoting career. Eddie Hearn was around boxing his entire life after his father, Barry Hearn’s promotional career. Having taken up the mantle of boxing promoter, Hearn has been involved in some of boxing’s biggest events such as Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko, though he did tell of one of his worst failures involving David Haye and an Olympic gold medallist early on in his career. In JaackMaate’s Happy Hour podcast, Hearn spoke to the host, Jack, on one of the worst nights of his career, which began when he attempted to sign Olympic gold medallist Audley Harrison. Hearn, who bet £1M on Conor Benn against Chris Eubank Jr. said: “I was sitting down with Audley Harrison and I spun him a dream. His career was pretty much over, I said ‘We’ll bring you back in Prizefighter, win the European title, and then I’ll get you David Haye’.” He said of Harrison: “Audley was one of t