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Re: Joshua £100Mill Mega Fight Organised by £1Bill Drug Lord-HEAD of World BOXING
Inside Dark World of £1Billion Drug Lord Who Helped Broker Joshua v Fury Fight
Anthony Joshua Becomes UKs' First £100million Boxer Before Tyson Fury Mega-Fight
EXCLUSIVE: As Anthony Joshua looks ahead to a possible £100million mega fight with Tyson Fury later this year, we look at how the boxing superstar’s background, his celebrity friends and lucrative sponsorship deals
The Mirror sheds light on Daniel Kinahan’s life, his alleged links to organised crime and the stars who back the Fury-Joshua boxing middleman - an alleged gangster named in Dublin’s High Court as the Kinahan cartel’s chief
Daily Mirror / BBC UK, 17 FEB, 2021.
The boxing superstar with his mother Yeta
Heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua has become Britain’s first official £100m boxer.
His company Sparta Promotions has posted massive profits over the past 12 months thanks to his success in the ring.
Watford-born Joshua’s business assets have grown by over £60m and now stand at an eye-watering £109m.
He could double that by pocketing an expected £100m if he fights arch-rivalTyson Fury later this year.
His nearest competitor in the British boxing wealth stakes is ex-champ Lennox Lewis, who is said to be worth £90m.
Joshua currently holds three of the four major world heavyweight belts and is an icon to millions of fans.
£1Billion Drug Lord Who Helped Broker Joshua v Fury Fight
Tyson Fury with Daniel Kinahan
An alleged gangster who helped broker the Anthony Joshua v Tyson Fury fight is “terrified” of being arrested before a punch is thrown.
Daniel Kinahan, named in Dublin’s High Court as the Kinahan cartel’s chief, handled Fury’s financial negotiations for the world heavyweight title bout.
He is thought to be holed up in Dubai, from where Irish authorities claim he runs the cartel’s £1billion drugs empire.
Sources say Kinahan, who denies any involvement in criminal activity, hopes to be at the fight which is likely to take place this year, possibly in Saudi Arabia.
But the 43-year-old fears he may be deported from Dubai before then as Irish authorities turn the screw.
Politicians have written to their counterparts in the UAE making them aware he and his cohorts are in the kingdom.
Officials in Dubai are also known to have been in contact with Irish and Spanish police.
“Things are moving forward,” a source said. “There is increasing confidence Daniel and his crew will be deported – we just don’t know where they will then go. The only thing he is terrified of is being arrested and jailed.”
While Kinahan’s name is notorious in Ireland, he is largely unknown in the UK.
A BBC Panorama documentary this month revealed he remains an influential figure in the boxing world.
Some of the sport’s biggest names leapt to his defence after the show aired.
Here the Mirror sheds light on Kinahan’s life, his alleged links to organised crime and the stars who back him.
The Dubliner is the eldest son of Christy “the Dapper Don” Kinahan, a convicted drug smuggler now living in Dubai.
His father is said to have passed on control of the cartel’s narcotics and money laundering operation to him in 2016.
In 2009 he was first named as a “suspected international drug trafficker” in a US diplomatic cable to the Pentagon.
Two years earlier Daniel was held by police in Spain along with his father and his brother Christy Jnr on suspicion of drug smuggling. He was not charged.
'Dapper Don' dad Christy Kinahan
It is said he took temporary control of the business after Christy Snr was jailed for four years for money laundering. From his £4million mansion in Estepona, Spain, he allegedly helped the cartel to amass a £700million fortune from drug trafficking.
Daniel moved to Dubai, following his father and younger brother, in 2016.
He is banned from entering the United States after being placed on a “narco-terrorist” list by the FBI and DEA.
In a High Court affidavit in Ireland, the Criminal Assets Bureau described how he managed and controlled the day-to-day operations of the gang.
He is currently wanted for questioning by police forces in three countries.
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