Why was Daniel Kinahan’s pal in the Croke Park ring before Katie Taylor's fight?
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Who is Anthony Fitzpatrick and why was he in the Croke Park ring on Katie Taylor’s night?
A boxing manager linked to Daniel Kinehan for more than two decades took to the ring in Croke Park on the night of Katie Taylor's epic final fight. Anthony Fitzpatrick was named in the High Court in October 22 as a close associate of the Mob Boss, a founding member of the original MGM Boxing Club in Marbella, and had at one point run MTK from a Kinehan-owned house later. Seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in Dublin. Today I'm talking to Niall Donald about Fitzpatrick and about how his presence on Katie's Big Night raises concerns for the sport. You're listening to Crimeworld, a podcast from CrimeWorld.com. Do you want to continue that conversation we were having there
about mysterious wealth? Well well it wasn't actually a I know this is crime world, so we weren't suggesting criminality. I was just saying how come everybody is so rich and I'm not? Yeah, and I was
agreeing with you and I was saying to you that I I look at these people who are driving around in cars. Yeah. I mean I know these cars are worth eighty a hundred thousand.
Yeah.
I know in my lifetime as long as I live, I will never even drive a new car. No. But what
about You've never
had a new car, have you
well I mean I definitely haven't. Like I'd be happy to be p driving a car in the twenty twenties. And I've always had to
have a job. I've always had to work.
Yeah. And I never and no matter how much money I've ever earned, by the time we get paid in ten days or nine days, by the time we get there, I will have no money.
It's like being a human ATM.
It is, but yeah, some people just have loads of money. And I know it's crime world, I'm not suggesting they're up to criminality. But why how are all these people driving around their new cars? I don't know. Because mine 'cause they didn't go into journalism for a start. No. And also disgusting. No. And they're not driving around them like in my silver bullet. Are they on Corolla?
No, I'll are they happy?
Well, I'm not happy either. So at least I'd have a nice car.
Oh stop anyway, it's a mystery if anybody out there watching or listening knows Oh, I
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gonna say answers.
Or or d or I was hoping you were gonna say or wants to donate. Or wants to
donate?
Yeah. A new car. Is that all you'd want? Well just you know I w I wouldn't I just would like a million. I'd like a massively long. Holiday. Would you no no, I would just like I would just like a million so I could just have enough disposable the rest of my life, just not to worry about it. Yeah,
I'd like a million.
Yeah.
And you could pay off your mortgage and then just
not worry about money. And have enough money. Do you know, 'cause when payday comes do you remember we had a colleague who when payday came, we get paid on normally on a Thursday night. Yeah. Or we used to. And he used to be waiting at the the drink link or the AIB, I won't say. Okay. For tw twelve oh one.
How did the under‑card fighters and the photo of Fitzpatrick raise suspicions about organised crime?
The the money will come through in the e in at night, just one minute after midnight and in with the bank card to get out a couple of hundred quid. I'm not that bad yet. No, not that bad yet.
Although uh the uh offspring are hard to to turn you into that. Absolutely finish me off completely. But anyway. Yeah. Right. So Speaking of Money. Speaking of money and all things. like that. We were I watched Katie Taylor, I'm sure you did as well. Yeah, brilliant. She was amazing, brilliant, really amazing sports person, et cetera. But earlier in the day I had received a few texts about a certain individual who was photographed in the ring uh with other boxers and at another, you know, because there was quite a few um there was an undercard. Yeah, it was a bit of an a boxing extreme Travaganza that day was.
Yeah, because I think m on the on the T V coverage only covered the Katie Taylor fight, but obviously there was people in for hours and there was an undercard and there was a lot of talented uh young Irish boxers uh who fought. Yeah. Including a guy called Joe McGrail, who seems to be a vr you know, a good prospect uh as an Irish fighter, though I don't know too much about him. Um, and he took on he retained his WA WBA title um against an Irish champion, Matty Borland.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Anthony Fitzpatrick and why was he in the Croke Park ring on Katie Taylor’s night?
0:02–2:55
2
How did the under‑card fighters and the photo of Fitzpatrick raise suspicions about organised crime?
2:55–6:42
3
What was the significance of the Coldwater Lakes house seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau?
6:42–11:13
4
How were MTK Global, the Kinahan gang and the seized property linked together?
11:13–14:21
5
What was Operation Shovel and how did it expose the Kinahan‑MTK network?
14:21–18:16
6
Why do boxing insiders claim the Kinahan connection adds a ‘dangerous edge’ to the sport?
18:16–21:22
7
How did Katie Taylor’s historic fight highlight concerns over criminal influence in Irish boxing?
21:22–24:21
8
What can listeners do if they have information about the Kinahan‑boxing links?
24:21–27:20
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