Tyson Fury refused entry into United States over connections to Irish mob

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Tyson Fury has reportedly been refused access to the US due to his alleged links to mob boss Daniel Kinahan.

The Brit had arrived on a flight from the UK when he was stopped by US immigration officials, according to the Sunday World. They claimed it happened on Friday (June 17), though Fury was ringside for Nathan Gorman vs Thomas Salek in Liverpool that evening.

Associates of Kinahan have been barred from entering the country. Fury has twice been pictured with the Irishman, who American officials have named as the head of the Kinahan family cartel and has a $5million (£3.8m) bounty on his head in the States.

Kinahan rose to be a prominent figure in the boxing world, brokering fights and negotiating TV deals. He founded MTK Global, who represented Fury, alongside former boxer Matthew Macklin, who too was refused entry to the US earlier this year.

The company announced their closure in April after Kinahan had been sanctioned by the US. He has no criminal convictions but his gang have been linked to murders and cocaine distribution.

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