Irish Primer Minister Leo Varadkar has called on broadcasters Sky Sports and BT Sports to boycott the recently announced super-fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua (per The Telegraph). Varadkar’s opposition to the fight is due to the involvement of Daniel Kinahan, who the Premier’s government described as a “well-known crime boss.”
When Tyson Fury announced he had signed a contract to fight Anthony Joshua twice next year (after he satisfies his contractual obligation to fight Deontay Wilder), he said that Daniel Kinahan was instrumental in getting this deal done.
In recent months Kinahan has attempted to rebrand himself as a boxing power broker, especially in the middle east.