Matchroom Boxing and DAZN presenter Jamie Ward last night scooped a prestigious Sports Journalism Association award at a star-studded ceremony in London.<\/p>\n
The SJA Awards is renowned as the \u2018Oscars\u2019 of UK Sports journalism and broadcasting, and took place at the famous London Palladium.<\/p>\n
Ward, who joined Matchroom in 2019, has hosted some of the biggest press conferences and events over the past year \u2013 including both of last year\u2019s Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn fights.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old presents the build-up to this weekend\u2019s Conah Walker vs Sam Eggington battle in Wolverhampton \u2013 live worldwide on the Global Home of Boxing, DAZN.<\/p>\n
And on Monday night in the capital, he collected the coveted \u2018One to Watch \u2013 Broadcast on Air\u2019 prize.<\/p>\n
The SJA judges said: \u201cJamie was at the heart of boxing\u2019s biggest stories in 2025, from covering Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn for Matchroom Boxing to delivering a memorable, heartfelt eulogy for Ricky Hatton.<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough his podcast Flash Knockdown and YouTube series Ordinary People, he has built a growing audience by bringing fans closer to fighters beyond the ring, driven by his natural, engaging presence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ward was quick to pay tribute to his bosses at Matchroom, thanking them for the opportunities they have provided him, as he looks forward to some huge fight nights ahead \u2013 starting this week for a sold-out event in Wolverhampton.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you to the SJA and big congratulations to all the other nominees on a great year in their respective sports,\u201d said Ward.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy advice to anybody with a dream to work in sports broadcasting is go for it! I am so privileged to do the job I do \u2013 I love boxing and to be able to share just one per cent of the special moments I have with fighters in post-fight interviews, from making their debut, to winning an area title or becoming World Champion, is a responsibility I absolutely adore.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to thank everybody at Matchroom and DAZN for every opportunity. Particularly my producer Jim Bentley, for being such a terrific mentor, and my wingman and great friend \u2013 former IBF Champion of the World, Darren Barker. The team make the job fun for me \u2013 and, of course, I have to thank Eddie Hearn, Frank Smith and Katie Hearn for always backing me on the biggest stages.<\/p>\n
\u201c2026 is already shaping up to be another great year for the sport and I\u2019m excited for what is to come \u2013 starting this Saturday in Wolverhampton for Walker vs Eggington, live on DAZN.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matchroom Boxing and DAZN presenter Jamie Ward last night scooped a prestigious Sports Journalism Association award at a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-636481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}