Less than a month after KHK Sports hired Daniel Kinahan — a man identified by the High Court in Dublin as a “senior figure” in Irish organized crime — as a special advisor to their conglomerate, the Bahraini sports company announced it has cut ties with the gangland figure.
KHK’s decision to distance itself from Kinahan comes in the wake of renewed scrutiny into his criminal activities, and is a major blow to Kinahan’s attempt to rebrand himself as an international boxing figure.
KHK, which was founded by Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the fifth son of Bahraini ruler, King Hamad Al Khalifa, released a statement on Tuesday confirming the decision to part with Kinahan.