On St. Patrick’s Day 2017, Michael Conlan made his skilled boxing debut at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis, and the occasion gained vital consideration attributable to Conor McGregor’s involvement. As a part of a gentleman’s settlement made between the 2 Irish fighters, McGregor walked Conlan out to the ring for his debut battle towards Tim Ibarra. However in keeping with the small print of a lawsuit filed towards boxing behemoth High Rank not too long ago, McGregor was making the stroll below strain from the infamous Irish gangster Daniel Kinahan.
Conor McGregor Named in Court docket Case
In accordance with the official filings:
“Kinahan was no stranger to duBoef. In 2016, High Rank signed former Irish Olympic boxer Michael Conlan to a multi-year deal. On the time, Conlan was managed by MTK World, a boxing and MMA administration and occasions promotion firm based by Kinahan. When High Rank promoted Conlan’s first skilled battle in March 2017, duBoef had organized for MMA star/fellow Irishman Connor McGregor to stroll Conlan out of his dressing room as much as the ring. When McGregor tried to again out, duBoef bragged overtly in personal boxing circles that he had Kinahan “lean on” McGregor and pressure him to honor his dedication (Keane has no concept if this declare is true).”
High Rank Boxing Lawsuit
The current lawsuit towards High Rank Boxing president Todd duBoef has dropped at gentle connections between numerous figures within the boxing world and alleged organized crime boss Daniel Kinahan. Whereas the lawsuit primarily focuses on High Rank and its dealings, it additionally tangentially mentions Conor McGregor’s alleged involvement with the Kinahan cartel.
The lawsuit, filed on February 27, 2025, in a California federal court docket, accuses Todd duBoef of withholding thousands and thousands in unpaid charges and deceptive ESPN about monetary dealings involving Daniel Kinahan. Daniel Kinahan is alleged to be the chief of a drug cartel and has been publicly recognized as such by Irish media.
The lawsuit claims that duBoef needed to secretly depend on monetary help from Kinahan to cowl the Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder battle attributable to lack of funds.
Conor McGregor and the Kinahan Cartel
There have been suspicions and allegations of connections between Conor McGregor and Daniel Kinahan’s felony group for a number of years. These connections have been a topic of media scrutiny and public hypothesis.
Conor McGregor has been photographed with a number of Kinahan cartel members, together with David Byrne, who was later assassinated in a mass capturing at an MTK (Kinahan’s firm) weigh-in occasion in Dublin. There are allegations that McGregor’s pub, the Black Forge Inn in Dublin, could be a cash laundering entrance for the Kinahan cartel, although this stays unproven. In 2017, there have been studies of a €900,000 bounty positioned on McGregor’s life by the Kinahan syndicate, although no makes an attempt had been ever made.
His sister Aoife is in a relationship with Graham “The Wig” Whelan, a convicted drug supplier and cash launderer affiliated with the cartel. Whelan is a reputed mobster affiliated with the Kinahan cartel, which is believed to be behind quite a few gangland killings in Eire, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain.
It’s vital to notice that these are allegations made in a lawsuit and reported by media sources. The complete extent of any particular person’s involvement or the veracity of those claims has not been confirmed in court docket.
