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Robert Hynes

Fine Gael TD Neale Richmond wants 'real efforts' to be made to exclude Daniel Kinahan from boxing

Fine Gael TD Neale Richmond has welcomed Tyson Fury's split from Daniel Kinahan, but says it is "far from the end of this saga".

The TD for Dublin Rathdown says he wants to see "real efforts" being made to exclude Kinahan from working in boxing.

Fury recently thanked the Dubliner for his role in organising a two-fight deal with Anthony Joshua.

But Fury's promoter Bob Arum has confirmed the two will no longer work together.

Arum told The Daily Telegraph: "Over the weekend I’ve had a lot of conversations with Tyson Fury and what we both decided is that myself, Top Rank and Fury will do all negotiations for fights in the future.

"Whether it’s for Joshua or Wilder or anybody else. We’ve informed Eddie Hearn about that. He knows where to go for the negotiations. Tyson and I have had long negotiations about it. That’s the way it’s going to be."

While Richmond welcomed the announcement, he wants to see more being done to stop Kinahan from working in boxing.

He told Off the Ball: "This is an extremely welcome development but far from the end of this saga.

Fine Gael TD Neale Richmond (Gareth Chaney/Collins)

"We need to have full clarity that Daniel Kinahan will have no involvement at all in this fight and that real efforts are being made to exclude him from the world of boxing.

"Daniel Kinahan cannot continue to use boxing as a tool to rehabilitate his image.

"We also need to see clarity from MTK of what exact role Daniel Kinahan has with them. It's time other boxers like Billy Joe Saunders dropped Daniel Kinahan and distanced themselves from him."

Kinahan has no criminal convictions, but was identified in the High Court in 2018 as a senior figure in organised crime.

And his involvement in the deal for Fury's fight with Joshua prompted Irish political leaders to call on the British Government and broadcasters to intervene.

Kinahan, 42, is now based in the UAE.

Fury recently announced the fight with AJ was going ahead and offered “a big shout-out... to Dan”.

He said: “I’m just after getting off the phone with Daniel Kinahan.

“He’s just informed me that the biggest fight in British boxing history has just been agreed.”

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