jh79 wrote: » I'll ask you the same question i asked Francie, should SF associate with MTK and should their fights be banned in NI as they are in the Republic?
grayzer75 wrote: » SF aren't associated with MTK so it's a non story - a solicitor sending letters and a mayor having a picture taken with a local boxer is all it is. There's no legal reason to ban their fights in the north and they're not banned in the south - they just took advice from the Gardai that they could come under attack if they staged events so chose not to, that's up to them.
jh79 wrote: » The picture also included a member of MTK who was arrested as part of Operation Shovel so not just a local boxer. The BUI are refusing to issue licences to any MTK event which means they are banned in Ireland. Boxing cannot go ahead in Ireland without a licence from the BUI.
jm08 wrote: » The only reason they can't get a licence from the Boxing Union of Ireland to fight in the republic is because they can't get insurance because of what happened at the Regency Hotel. There are no such risks in having fights in Belfast and thats why they are not banned there. What way is SF associating with MTK?
grayzer75 wrote: » Has that person been charged, brought before the courts and found guilty of an offence?
IAMAMORON wrote: » You are slightly over reaching there. Are you supporting Sinn Féin or the Kinahan Cartel?
grayzer75 wrote: » Neither, he's suggested that SF are linked to the Kinahans by MTK (Meet The Kinahans ) because the mayor of Belfast was in a photograph with about 20 people relating to a fight promoted by Frank Warren which took place at Feile.
jh79 wrote: » Have a look at this poster from the Feile website. Whose logo do you see?http://feilebelfast.com/calendar-list/michael-conlan-v-vladimir-nikitin/
jm08 wrote: » Top Rank is the main one. Everyone knows that Conlan is a MTK fighter. But being an MTK fighter hasn't stopped him sitting on either Ryan Tubridy or Tommy Tiernan's couch in recent times.
jh79 wrote: » They provide publicity for MTK boxers and helped promote the MTK event as part of Phobail Na Feile. SF could easily of let the fight go ahead without publicizing it on social media and in the media.
jh79 wrote: » Doubt you'll be seeing him again on Irish TV. Given what we know about MTK should SF distance themselves from Conlon and Barnes and any other sport stars working for MTK?
jm08 wrote: » To what purpose?
jm08 wrote: » It looks to me as if MTK International (and now the boxing community in general) are distancing themselves from Kinahan. None of them seemed to knew anything (and when they did find out, were not put out) about Kinahan up until recently. Boxing seems to be fairly different in that regard.
IAMAMORON wrote: » Well no. The only connection that I am aware of between the Kinahan Cartel and Sinn Féin is that they are clients in John Finucane MP's law firm? Are you saying that there is another connection?
grayzer75 wrote: » How is it upsetting me, I nearly pissed myself laughing. Meet The Kinahans hahahahahahahahaha
blanch152 wrote: » The alternative "Mack the Knife" doesn't make it any better of a look for Sinn Fein.
jh79 wrote: » Matthew Macklin originally ran the company as MGM i think but Mack the Knife was his fighting name. DK took over the company and the papers claim he refers to it as "Meet the Kinehans".
In 2017 Macklin announced that his partner Kinahan would be stepping back from boxing promotion due to bad publicity.[8] The gym rebranded as MTK - Mack the Knife, as MGM Resorts International filed a trademark lawsuit over its use of the 'MGM' initials.[8] MTK was bought out by external investors, with Matthew Macklin remaining on the board in an advisory capacity.[10]
jm08 wrote: » Its quite interesting to see that all the papers, when writing about MTK always say that Macklin has no association with anything illegal. I'd say that goes for all their boxers as well. Macklin ran a very popular gym in Spain and thats who the boxers were signing up with when they joined MTK, not Kinahan. They probably thought that he was gone.
blanch152 wrote: » The origin of Mack the Knife is in a song about a gangster. Fits the profile.
jm08 wrote: » According to John Finucane they are not. Quote: John Finucane told Sunday Life he does not represent Mr Kinahan, and there is no suggestion that there was anything improper in the company previously accepting instructions from himhttps://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/s...-39609766.html
IAMAMORON wrote: » But there are official letters all over twitter stating the contrary?
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