A sports company owned by a Bahrani prince has cut ties with Irish drugs smuggler Daniel Kinahan, the latest in a series of blows to the Dubliner’s attempts to whitewash his reputation on the international stage. Citing its “integrity and deep-rooted principles in the sports industry”, KHK said on Monday it “has discontinued engagement with Daniel Kinahan and he is no longer an adviser to KHK Sports”. Mr Farry said “great care must be taken to ensure that professional boxing is not used to legitimise such a person, and indeed that such a person could compromise professional boxing”. However, sources said there was increasing unease within the company about the fight’s connections to Kinahan, particularly as the issue is now being raised in the international media, rather than simply within Ireland. In recent days CNN and the New York Times have carried critical stories about Kinahan’s role in boxing.

Source: The Irish Times June 16, 2020 14:30 UTC