Barry Hearn: Darts was for fat blokes who smoke and drink but we changed that

Barry Hearn: Darts was for fat blokes who smoke and drink but we changed that

My Sporting Life is The i Paper’s look behind the curtain at what drives some of sport’s most influential people to greatness. This week, we spoke to Barry Hearn, the man who helped reinvent snooker, darts, boxing and more as the founder of Matchroom Sport. I was a money mad kid I was just money-mad early doors. All I wanted to do was make a good living. I realised that I wasn’t an academic. My Mum used to say to me, ‘You’re never going to be th…