Boxing and the mob

[Mark TKO]

Just watched it. Had never heard of Kinahan before today and had no idea...

Brave of Barry to speak out.

Was well made though

[Primo Carnera]

Watched it earlier. Very interesting documentary. I knew most of it, and I stand by what I said, this is a massive problem for Boxing as a sport.
You can’t be seen to be having people from that background having this much influence on a sport.
There has to be some sort of strict licence policy in place. You cannot just keep taking the money and brushing things under the carpet.
You have a guy shot dead at a weigh-in for a championship promotion ffs.
Now we all know Boxing has always had it's “unsavoury characters” in high places, but this is another fucking level.
Before we know it, the Sport will be dragged into the gutter.

[erics44]

im gonna watch it when i get the chance

[TonnnnUK]

Just got round to watching this myself. I knew pretty much all the things covered in the documentary but it was excellent and very eye opening. I was impressed with McGuigan appearing in it as well and not being coy about how dangerous they are.

It is pretty damning on the sport and those involved, top level promoters who clearly know about the background of Kinahan (it's all out there being reported over years in the media), yet will turn a blind eye for the sake of making money. But as already alluded to in this thread, boxing has never really had much integrity when it comes to morals.

It's also quite surprising to see a poster on here never even heard of Kinahan. Presumably members on this forum are somewhat more than just casual boxing observers and are more ingrained in the sport. So the fact his name escapes some within the boxing circles I guess does show that he is indeed not prominent from the outside looking in.

[TonnnnUK]

Seems that the Irish authorities have given warnings to the team behind the documentary.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55956375

[smashup]

It's not the Irish authorities but a "criminal gang" who are said to have made threats to the BBC.


Kinahan has released.this statement this morning.

SPEAKING OUT - Daniel Kinahan: Full statement released to talkSPORT from controversial boxing adviser after Panorama investigation

https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/831036/

[TonnnnUK]

So do we think this has been damaging to the sport? Not sure it really makes much difference.
While he continues to evade any kind of capture or convictions for gang related crimes, he will continue in his role as "advisor" to the boxers who seem to worship him.
Things will just continue as they have done for the last several years.