Tommy Fury has confirmed both he and his boxing heavyweight champ brother Tyson are banned from the US due to Tyson’s alleged links to mob boss Daniel Kinahan.
In June, Tyson, 34, was refused access to the US over his connections to Kinahan, but refused to comment directly on the incident. But now, his former Love Island star sibling Tommy has admitted both he and Tyson are still being refused permission to enter the country.
Speaking on an MMA podcast yesterday, Tommy said: “Me and Tyson just can’t get into America at the minute and that’s the way it is.” Kinahan has been named as a senior figure in organised crime in the High Court, and in April this year the US Treasury imposed sanctions on him, his father Christy Kinahan and brother Christy Kinahan Jr as well as several associates of the Kinahan family.
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Confirming the ban, Tommy, who is awaiting a baby with fellow Love Island star Molly Mae Hague, said he fears a resolution could be a long way off. He is attempting to arrange a fight with American YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, but is being stymied by the ban.
Directly asked about “the Kinahan situation” on the MMA Fighting on SBN podcast, Tommy said: “I don’t know [what’s happening], that’s what I pay my lawyers for and my legal team every day, they’re sorting it and I said ‘please get this resolved as soon as possible’ and that’s where I’ve left it at the moment.
“I’m hoping it gets resolved ASAP because I want to come to America, not just for boxing and of course for the big one to get this fight over the line, but if it doesn’t get resolved for a long time I can’t speak on how long this is going to take.”
Tyson, who was photographed in Dubai in February this year with Kinahan, said: “Because I had my picture taken with a man it doesn’t make me a criminal.”
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