Ken Foy

Of course, the fact that in this country, at the very least, signing to a Kinnahan-linked company is going to be controversial.

But when Pally Barnes, for example, appears on the Ray Darcy show, he's asked about headlines that state, you know, that link him to Kinnahan.

And he answers...

you have to expect that because it is Ireland.

They are very fond of having slow news days.

They need to put something in there to try and sell papers.

I don't care.

I won't be training in Marbella.

They are only my management team and they are one of the best management teams in the world.

And what he's saying there is, you know, MGM look after, you know, managing me, arranging fights, things like that, publicity, but they're not my trainers.

So he's making this kind of distinction.

But,

He goes further in a later interview with the Sunday Business Post and he says that he has no issue with Daniel Kinnahan sitting in his corner for his professional debut because Daniel Kinnahan is still appearing in the rings at this stage.

And he says, you're telling me about the Kinnahans.

I don't know anything about the Kinnahans.

I only know Matthew Macklin.

But what has Daniel Kinnahan been convicted of?

Yes, and the company, the renamed company, experiences a major boost when Michael Conlon wins his Paddy's Day bout in New York.

I think he's walked into the bout by Conor McGregor.

There's a huge fanfare and even just McGregor being there gives it this huge publicity in the US.