Former Love Island star Tommy Fury has claimed 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 mobster Kinahan', but refused to comment directly on the incident.
But now, his brother Tommy has said both he and his brother are still being refused permission to enter the country.
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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.”
The ban is understood to centre around Tyson's alleged links to Irish boxing promoter Kinahan, who has been sanctioned by the US.
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.
The US Treasury and the US Department of State are offering rewards of up to $5million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Daniel, Christopher Jnr and Christy.
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.
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.
“But let’s say it’s a long time, let’s get it on over here. I’ll fight that man wherever, I’m not bothered. I am ready to go.
“I cannot get into America, even right now, I cannot go to America.
“Forget the boxing talk, America’s my favourite place to go: the food, the weather, everything, the people, I love America. I love everything to do with America and it’s stopped me from going there. In my personal life, me and the missus (girlfriend Molly Mae) love going to New York around Christmas – can’t do that.
“We can’t do a number of things now. So boxing’s not all that’s affected. But that’s the same right now, I cannot enter America and that’s why the fight didn’t happen.
“I don’t believe there’s anyone in this country that wouldn’t come to that fight. I believe it would break all records. Definitely we could draw 70,000.”
Addressing claims that Irish boxing promoter Kinahan runs a global organised crime group, Tyson previously said: ‘That’s none of my business and I don’t interfere with anybody else’s business.’
Tyson, who was photographed in Dubai in February this year with the US sanctioned Kinahan, said: "Because I had my picture taken with a man it doesn’t make me a criminal.
"I’m just a boxer. There could be a criminal in this building.”
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