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Just saw this on the news. Gunman walked in to the gym early this morning and opened fire whilst fighters were in training. Injured three men including a well known trainer. Madness.

Any of our Irish friends know anything about this?

https://www.rte.ie/news/crime/2018/0605/968211-bray/

Apparently a 30 year old male has died. Unconfirmed though.....

Probably wrapped up in one of the feuds over there

Oiky wrote: ↑05 Jun 2018, 05:02 Probably wrapped up in one of the feuds over there

Yeah no doubt mate.

Bad enough having to get up at that time to train without folk shooting at you though

I heard Katie Taylors dad got shot??

Katie Taylor’s father was one of the men injured.

Deno1986 wrote: ↑05 Jun 2018, 05:45 Katie Taylor’s father was one of the men injured.

Is he connected to anyone?

SAPFO wrote: ↑05 Jun 2018, 05:48

Deno1986 wrote: ↑05 Jun 2018, 05:45 Katie Taylor’s father was one of the men injured.

Is he connected to anyone?

Not directly (that I know of) but he does train a number of the MTK boxers.

Yeh, her father was shot.

http://www.itv.com/news/2018-06-05/olym ... -shooting/

The guy that died called Bobby Messitt apparently.

Stuarty wrote: ↑05 Jun 2018, 05:11

Oiky wrote: ↑05 Jun 2018, 05:02 Probably wrapped up in one of the feuds over there

Yeah no doubt mate.

Bad enough having to get up at that time to train without folk shooting at you though

You know don't ya mate, bad do

Sounds more like a hit job than a nut job.

Peter trains Sean turner the mtk global fighter. It’s on all the Irish papers that it is peter that was shoot. Reports that’s it’s a gang feud again.

Peter who?

Tuan_Jim wrote: ↑05 Jun 2018, 10:49Peter who?

Peter Taylor, I presume.

Would it be fair to say that having a connection to Daniel Kinehan and/or MTK, however loose that connection may be, means you've got a target on your back? Are kids at MTK Birmingham and MTK Manchester at risk, for example?

I would imagine it’s only in Ireland where the feud is but I’m not an expert.

Sklar wrote: ↑05 Jun 2018, 14:31 Would it be fair to say that having a connection to Daniel Kinehan and/or MTK, however loose that connection may be, means you've got a target on your back? Are kids at MTK Birmingham and MTK Manchester at risk, for example?

Yes - as Jamie Moore found out when he was gunned down in a case of mistaken identity

jizzle wrote: ↑05 Jun 2018, 16:37

Sklar wrote: ↑05 Jun 2018, 14:31 Would it be fair to say that having a connection to Daniel Kinehan and/or MTK, however loose that connection may be, means you've got a target on your back? Are kids at MTK Birmingham and MTK Manchester at risk, for example?

Yes - as Jamie Moore found out when he was gunned down in a case of mistaken identity

Not in Ireland that

Bloody hell! Thoughts go out the family and friends of the dead guy, and hopefully none of the other injuries prove too serious.

I can only begin to imagine how many times the Sun will use the phrase 'who is not involved in criminality' in their coverage of this one.

Boxing in Ireland is completely f*cked.

News reporting that the guy who was killed was an innocent bystander taking part in a fitness class in the gym.

Article also implies that Taylor had recently cut ties with a known person that he had been friendly with.

http://www.thejournal.ie/tributes-bray- ... 6-Jun2018/

Do you think it would be worth the BBBoC looking again at who they license.
Surely some of this sort of violence will continue to spill over onto shows.

Coco wrote: ↑06 Jun 2018, 06:39 Do you think it would be worth the BBBoC looking again at who they license.
Surely some of this sort of violence will continue to spill over onto shows.

What’s it got to do with them?

Coco wrote: ↑06 Jun 2018, 06:39 Do you think it would be worth the BBBoC looking again at who they license.
Surely some of this sort of violence will continue to spill over onto shows.

True mate. It's already spilled over in to a club and weigh in with scores of innocent bystanders etc... You'd think it would only be a matter of time at this rate.

Macklin fronts MTK though so how easy would it be to prove their links to organised crime etc...? Are the money men involved just in the background or are they hands on? I'm not sure how it all works tbh...