Crime boss Daniel Kinahan has insisted he wants to play his part in "safeguarding the future" of boxing.
But the claim by the man named by cops as a senior figure in an organised crime cartel has been slammed as "utterly galling."
The self-styled boxing "advisor" - who coincides his time in the game by running a global drugs and arms cartel worth an estimated €1billion - released a statement after questions were raised regarding the result of a boxing bout last weekend between two fighters he represents.