Bernard Joseph Eastwood[1] (1932 – 9 March 2020) was an Irish bookmaker and boxing promoter.
Eastwood was introduced to boxing through weekly tournaments at a US air base near his home and by the tutelage he received from a school teacher from County Cork.
Eastwood was born in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. At 19 years of age he was married, to his wife Frances, and was living in Carrickfergus running a pub and assisting in the running of a local boxing club. In the late 1950s, Eastwood was running small boxing shows in Belfast.[citation needed]
Eastwood was well known first as a successful bookmaker for many years. Amongst the boxers he later promoted were Barry McGuigan and Dave McAuley. However, after McGuigan's surprise defeat to Steve Cruz in Las Vegas, United States the relationship between the two soured and this led to a costly and acrimonious legal battle.[2] Eastwood was represented by media lawyer Paul Tweed.[3]
During the 1980s and 1990s, Eastwood ran "Eastwood's Gym" along with John Breen on Belfast's King Street.[4] In February 2008 it was announced that Eastwood would be selling his chain of 54 betting shops to the UK chain Ladbrokes for £135 million.[5]
He died in Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, on the outskirts of Belfast on 9 March 2020, aged 87, after a short illness.[6][7][8]
^'Bernard Eastwood|Deceased Estates'. The Gazette, 5 August 2020, retrieved 18 June 2022
^Tómas Rohan. "Barry McGuigan". BBC News. Archived from the original on 8 May 2006. Retrieved 28 May 2006.
^"Paul Tweed, UK | Chambers Rankings". Chambersandpartners.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
^"Interview: Belfast Boxing Coach John Breen - Trainer of Five World Champions". Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
^"Thank you very much for the memories, Mr Eastwood". Irish Independent. 22 January 2001. Retrieved 28 May 2006.
^"Boxing promoter and bookmaker Barney Eastwood dies". York Press. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
^"Barney Eastwood: Boxing promoter and businessman dies". BBC News. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^"Boxing promoter Barney Eastwood dies aged 87". Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). 9 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
2020. "BarneyEastwood: Boxing promoter and businessman dies". BBC News. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020. "Boxing promoter BarneyEastwood dies aged...
relationship with his manager, BarneyEastwood, deteriorated badly over time and led to a successful libel case against him by Eastwood several years later. He...
Eastwood", in December 1985. It was a take on the fawning praise that internationally successful Irish boxer Barry McGuigan gave his manager, Barney Eastwood...
Centrebet Stanley Leisure John Zancocchio (1954-) Victor Chandler (1951–) BarneyEastwood (1932–2020) Philip Giaccone (1932–1981) Freddie Williams (1942–2008)...
title in 1993. Collins then moved to Belfast under the management of BarneyEastwood before basing himself in England where he joined Barry Hearn's Matchroom...
Dublin). 7 March – Frank Hogan, 81, born-again Christian. 9 March - BarneyEastwood, 87, boxing promoter, short illness. 24 March – Hugh Conaghan, 93,...
Minister, MEP and Seanad Éireann member (died 2005). Full date unknown BarneyEastwood, boxing promoter (died 2020). Anne Madden, painter (born in London)...
Bryant Alan Glazier Helen Grandon Mickey Wright Liz Edgar Jackie Brown BarneyEastwood Alan Minter Peter Bonetti Harry Gregg Tony Dunne Everton Weekes David...
£50,000 each. In 1992 he represented the plaintiff in the case of BarneyEastwood v Barry McGuigan which resulted in the highest libel award in Northern...
the team, but Barney turns him down. The four new team members rendezvous with Barney's rival Trench Mauser, returning a favor for Barney. Drummer has...
appeared in episodes of My Friend Flicka, Hazel, The Virginian, Maude, Barney Miller (four episodes), Welcome Back Kotter, Archie Bunker's Place, Newhart...
Sylvester Stallone as Barney Ross: The leader of the Expendables. Stallone confirmed that the film would be his final appearance as Barney Ross, with Statham...
Dalton made numerous appearances on television. James Garner and Clint Eastwood engaged in a fist fight over Dalton in the episode "Duel at Sundown" of...
Cholla, the leader of the motorcycle gang the Black Widows in the Clint Eastwood films Every Which Way but Loose (1978) and its sequel Any Which Way You...
top-rated Western, with co-stars Clint Eastwood, Sheb Wooley, and Paul Brinegar, ran from 1959 to 1966. Fleming and Eastwood more or less rotated in playing...
tough authority figures. Hingle was a close friend of Clint Eastwood and appeared in the Eastwood films Hang 'Em High, The Gauntlet, and Sudden Impact. He...
the Great Depression. Clint Eastwood, who produced and directed the film, stars in the film with his son, Kyle Eastwood. In a sketch on Saturday Night...
took a role in Madigan that same year. Stroud also appeared with Clint Eastwood in two films, Coogan's Bluff (1968) and Joe Kidd (1972). Stroud co-starred...
Kidd starred Clint Eastwood. In the last phase of his career, Webster edited and co-edited eight films that were directed by Eastwood, starting with High...
Brereton Social Reserves Cheadle Town City of Stoke Cresswell Wanderers Eastwood Hanley Florence Foley Meir 443 Hawkins Sports Keele University Leek Town...
Matthews on the Showtime series Dexter. He appeared in the 2008 Clint Eastwood-directed film Changeling as the flamboyant defense attorney Sammy "S.S...
Global Information