Self-styled fight fixer alleges leading promoter Top Rank also rewarded Kinahan for personally guaranteeing world champion Tyson Fury’s fees.

BOXING promoter Bob Arum has insisted he fell for ­Daniel Kinahan’s lies about stepping away from crime. But he accepts full responsibility for bringing the gang boss to the top of the fight game.

Mr Kinahan, a former UUP MP who previously served as an officer in the Blues and Royals, left the post in September after four years following an “open and frank conversation” with Mr Benn.