SNOOKER legend Steve Davis turned his again on BBC presenter Hazel Irvine stay on air throughout protection of the World Snooker Championship.
The icon was not impressed as Irvine reminded Davis of his notorious and unlikely loss to Dennis Taylor within the 1985 remaining.
During an interval within the 2026 World Championship, Irvine mentioned how the 1985 remaining was accessible to watch on BBC iPlayer.
She mentioned: “Davis vs Taylor the 85 black ball remaining watch it now.
“Steve’s seen that one actually, every single night in his dreams for 41 years.”
Davis was then seen together with his again turned to Irvine jokingly after she teased him about his loss in 1985.
She added: “Just to present you precisely how Steve feels about that, there he’s.
“He’s not talking to me because I’m promoting all of that.”
The 1985 World Snooker Championship remaining was watched by thousands and thousands and is often remembered as one of many biggest ever matches.
Davis went into it because the sturdy favorite – looking for a 3rd consecutive world title.
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The Nugget stormed to a 7-0 lead within the first session earlier than extending to 9-1.
But Taylor recovered miraculously to tie the scores thrice at 11-11, 15-15 and 17-17.
The deciding body led to plenty of pictures on the black-ball with Taylor ultimately potting it to take a well-known win.
The historic match has since been generally known as “the black-ball final”.
It attracted an enormous 18.5MILLION viewers which remains to be the document quantity for BBC Two.
The remaining lasted a complete of 14 hours and 50 minutes – the longest ever recorded for a best-of-35-frames match.
The pair recreated the “greatest match of all time” from 1985 in 2024.
Taylor spoke to the BBC in 2024 forward of the reunion match.
He mentioned: “Steve says he’ll keep in mind that remaining greater than the six that he gained.
“If we’d ever thought there was that many individuals watching I don’t suppose we’d have been in a position to maintain the cue.
“The viewers stored constructing, and the BBC have been cancelling programmes to stick with it, and it simply constructed and constructed.
“The pressure on both of us was unbelievable, but we weren’t thinking, we were just concentrating on the game.”
List of all-time Snooker World Champions
BELOW is an inventory of snooker World Champions by yr.
The document is for the fashionable period, extensively thought-about as relationship from the 1968-69 season, when the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) took management of the game.
The first World Championships ran from 1927 – with a break from 1941-45 due to World War II and 1958-63 due to a dispute within the sport.
Joe Davis (15), Fred Davis and John Pulman (each 8) have been probably the most profitable gamers throughout that interval.
Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O’Sullivan share the document for the most titles in the modern era, with seven every.
- 1969 – John Spencer
- 1970 – Ray Reardon
- 1971 – John Spencer
- 1972 – Alex Higgins
- 1973 – Ray Reardon (2)
- 1974 – Ray Reardon (3)
- 1975 – Ray Reardon (4)
- 1976 – Ray Reardon (5)
- 1977 – John Spencer (2)
- 1978 – Ray Reardon (6)
- 1979 – Terry Griffiths
- 1980 – Cliff Thorburn
- 1981 – Steve Davis
- 1982 – Alex Higgins (2)
- 1983 – Steve Davis (2)
- 1984 – Steve Davis (3)
- 1985 – Dennis Taylor
- 1986 – Joe Johnson
- 1987 – Steve Davis (4)
- 1988 – Steve Davis (5)
- 1989 – Steve Davis (6)
- 1990 – Stephen Hendry
- 1991 – John Parrott
- 1992 – Stephen Hendry (2)
- 1993 – Stephen Hendry (3)
- 1994 – Stephen Hendry (4)
- 1995 – Stephen Hendry (5)
- 1996 – Stephen Hendry (6)
- 1997 – Ken Doherty
- 1998 – John Higgins
- 1999 – Stephen Hendry (7)
- 2000 – Mark Williams
- 2001 – Ronnie O’Sullivan
- 2002 – Peter Ebdon
- 2003 – Mark Williams (2)
- 2004 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (2)
- 2005 – Shaun Murphy
- 2006 – Graeme Dott
- 2007 – John Higgins (2)
- 2008 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (3)
- 2009 – John Higgins (3)
- 2010 – Neil Robertson
- 2011 – John Higgins (4)
- 2012 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (4)
- 2013 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (5)
- 2014 – Mark Selby
- 2015 – Stuart Bingham
- 2016 – Mark Selby (2)
- 2017 – Mark Selby (3)
- 2018 – Mark Williams (3)
- 2019 – Judd Trump
- 2020 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (6)
- 2021 – Mark Selby (4)
- 2022 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (7)
- 2023 – Luca Brecel
- 2024 – Kyren Wilson
- 2025 – Zhao Xintong
Most World Titles (fashionable period)
- 7 – Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O’Sullivan
- 6 – Ray Reardon, Steve Davis
- 4 – John Higgins, Mark Selby
- 3 – John Spencer, Mark Williams
- 2 – Alex Higgins
