Daniel Kinahan: King of Spin (Part Three)
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
This is Daniel Kinahan, King of Spin, a four-part crime world special. Part three, All Out Propaganda War. Now, at the end of part two, we were discussing all that was going on in Ireland as regards the feud and how the Gardaí were really starting to dismantle the Kinahan's organisation here. While in the meantime, Daniel Kinahan was continuing with this propaganda campaign and a lot of the boxers were coming forward with positive things about him. MTK continues to expand and expand and expand. And, you know, it's fascinating now looking back on these kind of things that happened, because at the tail end of 2018, it was announced that a guy called Bob Yallon was to be the new president of MTK Global.
How did Bob Yalen’s appointment aim to legitimize MTK Global in late 2018?
Now, he was sort of a boxing megastar and a member of the US Hall of Fame. He was obviously an American coming to the table because all the time you can see MTK sort of moving into the US market. while also developing the market around the United Arab Emirates. But Yalan is one of the biggest names in boxing.
Yeah, and they're starting to sign up big American fighters like Daniel Crawford, who is probably one of the prime up and coming boxers in the world. And yeah, Bobby Allen is giving them this air of respectability, I suppose, because he's such an established figure. And in an interview on the Leave It to the Ring podcast, which is one of the biggest boxing podcasts going, he speaks in glowing terms about Daniel Kinnan. Because while Daniel Kinnan is kind of a sideshow and some of his reputation has seeped over, And he says, in fairness to Daniel, I've met few people who have a fighter's interest at heart more than Daniel. He may admit that he may not have gone about certain things in the right way, but there was never anything malicious.
When I speak to him, he is all about what is best for the fighters and what can be done for the fighter.
What narrative did the anonymous book 'Blood Feud' push about the Regency Hotel attack?
I can't fault him for that. And he goes on to say that the Irish media have made a big deal about a few incidents.
Now, the other big announcement he makes on that podcast, Leave It In The Ring, is that this lucrative new deal has been made with the Walt Disney Company, ESPN. This is the absolute pinnacle of MTK. MTK is really, really becoming something. It's going to be a world powerhouse for boxing. But they're sort of about to enjoy this spectacular launch in the US. And Kinahan in the background is still concentrated on all that went on in Dublin in the Regency Hotel. And it's around this time towards the end of 2018 that this bizarre kind of a book is produced and it's available for free on the Internet.
Yes, it was a very strange development, Nicola, indeed. Blood Feud is what it was called. And it was first tweeted anonymously. Yeah. But then a lot of boxers started tweeting it. And yeah, it made for some very interesting reading. One of the key cartel associates, Johnny Morrissey, was actually one of the first people to tweet it. Yeah. But it basically painted Daniel Kinahan in this kind of very good light. And it had loads of conspiracy theories basically suggesting things like the media and the government. And everyone was in cahoots with the Hutch gang. I have an actual extract of it here.
How did MTK use high-profile media deals with ESPN and Sky to expand globally?
I'll give a read out of it. It gives a bit of a flavour of it. It's a direct quote from the... Blood Feud book, if you like. It states, the Hutch gang made a deal with a handful of corrupt senior police officers. They agreed to stage their attack against the Kin Hen gang to look like a Republican terrorist attack. In return, the senior police officer agreed to keep police officers from the Regency Hotel both before and during the attack. And obviously, there must have been an agreement to limit the prosecutions after the event. So that's kind of a flavour of the conspiracy theories that were contained throughout the publication.
And like it sort of even suggested that the emergency services were in cahoots with the plot.
Yes.
And it was sanctioned by the then Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. I mean, to the normal person, it's crazy stuff. Absolutely crazy stuff.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:49
2
How did Bob Yalen’s appointment aim to legitimize MTK Global in late 2018?
0:49–2:04
3
What narrative did the anonymous book 'Blood Feud' push about the Regency Hotel attack?
2:04–3:43
4
How did MTK use high-profile media deals with ESPN and Sky to expand globally?
3:43–6:40
5
What role did the rapper Jay Spades and the 'Regency Hotel' film play in Kinahan’s propaganda campaign?
6:40–9:12
6
How did MTK and its leaders attempt to legally silence the whistleblower Twitter account?
9:12–12:48
7
Why did major boxing figures like Bob Arum and Tyson Fury publicly praise Daniel Kinahan?
12:48–17:52
8
How did political and law-enforcement reactions in Ireland affect Kinahan’s public standing?
17:52–40:19
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