Barry Hearn: My Life Av Barry Hearn

<p><b><u>THE <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</u><br><br></b><u><b>*REVISED AND UPDATED*</b><br></u><i><br>''I am the largest sports promoter in the world. I promote 11 sports to a global audience of billions of people every day of my life''</i><br>__________<br><br>A larger than life working class hero, Romford born and bred - always ready with the perfect soundbite - Barry Hearn was famously described as ''roguish but never a rogue''.<br><br>Hearn is credited with turning snooker into one of the biggest sports in Britain. He essentially turned a sport in which competitors wear bowties into a massive, globally televised event. Away from the table, his promotions empire casts its net over a dozen sports - from professional boxing to darts, fishing to ten-pin bowling - and his career spans four decades. He also previously owned Leyton Orient football club.<br><br>Packed with hilarious anecdotes from the golden age of snooker, and behind-the-scenes insight into boxing negotiations and dart