Boxing Clubs, at least in the past, was traditionally used as Mob fronts, and places to recruit talent/labor. I think there was a Genovese guy that was responsible for boxing, and that the mob tried to kill Don King.

Form what I’ve observed and have been told, MMA Clubs, provide a similar service to 1%er. I don’t know about Europe, but as far as North and South America is concerned that tends to be the case. In a distribution scenario, it’s not difficult to assume, that networks like that can make kilos of whatever flip over quickly, and discreetly. Hamilton and it’s long history of criminals and martial arts, in theory was a perfect pairing.

It’s part of the criminal subculture, from observations that seems to be prevalent in most ecosystems, prize fighting and crooks=$