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MTK Global will cease operations at the end of the month

MTK Global announces it will cease operations

MTK Global, a boxing promotion and management company co-founded by Daniel Kinahan, has announced it will cease operations at the end of the month.

Boxing • 20 Apr 22

MTK promise to comply with US sanctions against Kinahan

Boxing promotion company MTK Global has released a statement promising to "take every measure to ensure" it complies with US sanctions and conduct no business with Daniel Kinahan in future.

Boxing • 14 Apr 22

Commissioner Harris urges boxing to cut Kinahan ties

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris today said anyone involved in sport who is doing business with Daniel Kinahan should reconsider in light of major new sanctions placed on the Kinahan organised crime group.

Boxing • 12 Apr 22

Leigh Wood and Michael Conlan (R) clashed at Friday's weigh-in

Conlan 'ready to go' ahead of world title encounter

Michael Conlan is expecting to become Ireland's next boxing world champion as he takes on defending WBA featherweight belt holder Leigh Wood tonight.

Boxing • 12 Mar 22

Michael Conlan goes in search of his first world title

Wood will crack under Nottingham pressure, says Conlan

Michael Conlan believes that the pressure of a first ever title defence in front of his home crowd will prove to be too much for Leigh Wood to deal with.

Boxing • 20 Jan 22

Michael Conlan looks set to challenge for the world title early next year

Conlan's world title challenge moving closer

Michael Conlan's challenge for a WBA World Featherweight title is imminent after Matchroom Boxing secured the rights to the clash with champion Leigh Wood.

Boxing • 01 Nov 21

High-performance Director of IABA Bernard Dunne

Dunne urges focus on boxing's positives amid MTK furore

Bernard Dunne says more needs to be done to highlight the work that goes on at grassroots level in boxing as the sport came under increased scrutiny in the wake of a BBC Panorama documentary programme on Daniel Kinahan and MTK, the management company he co-founded.

Boxing • 04 Feb 21

MTK Global announces total boycott of Irish media

Boxing management company MTK Global - home to Carl Frampton, Michael Conlan and Paddy Barnes - have announced a total boycott of all media in the Republic of Ireland.

Boxing • 08 Feb 18

All-Ireland box-off set to light up Frampton undercard

The undercard of Carl Frampton's much-anticipated April encounter against Nonito Donaire is set to perfectly complement the main event, with three high-profile, All-Ireland bouts confirmed for for the Belfast show.

Boxing • 17 Jan 18

MTK Global