Cheavon Clarke signs long-term professional contract with Eddie Hearn
- Joe Hewlett
- 14 January 2022
"I can give you a bit of the Mike Tyson, a bit of the Ali, the Roy Jones. Ultimately, I’m Cheavon Clarke."
In 2017, Clarke joined the Team GB set up and won a silver medal at the European Champions in Ukraine that year before earning bronze in the men's heavyweight category a year later at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
The former amateur standout from Gravesend in Kent - who is trained by Sam Mullings at Churchill's Boxing Club in South London - was selected to represent Team GB at the Tokyo Olympic Games last summer but was defeated at the last 16 stage by Brazil's Abner Teixeira.
I'm the best version of myself
"I'm delighted to have signed a long-term promotional deal with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing and I can't wait to make my professional debut this year," said Clarke.
I didn't achieve what I set out to achieve at the Olympics. I wanted to win a medal, but I didn't - and that wasn't good enough. It was still a great experience though and something that I can always say that I've done.
"I just like the way the Matchroom shows are. There's a legacy behind it. Speaking to people behind the scenes and speaking to Eddie, it felt right and it was a simple decision. I'll bring that excitement and explosiveness, ferociousness and bad intentions. I can do it all. I can mix it all up.
"I can give you a bit of the Mike Tyson, a bit of the Ali, the Roy Jones. Ultimately, I'm Cheavon Clarke. There can only be one of anybody and I'm just the best Cheavon Clarke I can be. C4Boxing x Matchroom has been a long time coming!"
"I'm delighted to welcome Team GB Olympian Cheavon Clarke to the Matchroom Boxing team," said Matchroom Sport Chairman Eddie Hearn.
