"Mobster" Daniel Kinahan’s efforts to ‘go legit’ in boxing promotion must be “crushed,” according to a Dáil politician.
Fine Gael TD Neale Richmond is calling on everybody involved in boxing, TV producers, sports fans and politicians to ensure Mr Kinahan’s plan to reinvent himself fails.
Mr Kinahan’s bid to whitewash his criminal past through the boxing world was the subject of an explosive Panorama programme on BBC One tonight.
The programme exposed the links between the criminal underworld and the upper echelons of professional boxing.
Mr Kinahan was one of the founders of MTK Global, a boxing promotion company that now represents 250 boxers.
They were the promoters behind the massive Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua bout.
MTK insists Mr Kinahan cut ties with the firm back in 2017, but the Panorama show has revealed he still retains ties with the company.
Mr Richmond said: “Since last summer and his moment of hubris when he tried to style himself as the great match maker, the world has stood to attention and learned who Daniel Kinahan really is.
“This BBC Panorama documentary, ‘Boxing and the Mob’, by Darragh MacIntyre, further highlights the evil actions of Kinahan and how he is still active in the world of boxing from his bolthole in Dubai.
“If the world didn’t know about the real Daniel Kinahan before, then they will know after this documentary.
“There is a responsibility on promoters, TV channels and fans that mob bosses such as Kinahan are not involved in boxing at any level.
“Any fight or enterprise involving MTK must be questioned and if Kinahan is involved, it needs to be stopped, it is that simple.
“Daniel Kinahan should not be allowed live a charmed life in exile as the families of his gang’s victims continue to mourn here in Ireland.
“No one should be silent on who this man really is.
“As per the Irish courts, Daniel Kinahan is the most notorious mob boss Ireland has seen for years, his cartel has heaped misery on the streets of our capital through drugs, terror and murder.
“His desperate attempts to portray himself as a legitimate and misunderstood businessman are simply pathetic.”
