{"id":529867,"date":"2026-04-14T06:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/529867\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T06:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:44:10","slug":"gangster-robert-kelbie-hangs-out-with-tyson-fury-and-darren-fletcher-at-vip-zone-during-big-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/529867\/","title":{"rendered":"Gangster Robert Kelbie hangs out with Tyson Fury and Darren Fletcher at VIP zone during big fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kelbie, 42, gleefully boasted about his night out at London\u2019s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium by posting a series of pics and videos online.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Kelbie with Tyson Fury\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_proxy-1jfif.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Robert Kelbie with Tyson Fury\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Robert Kelbie with Tyson Fury<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Gangster <a aria-label=\"Robert KelbieLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/gangster-robert-kelbie-hangs-out-35517668\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Kelbie<\/a> joined boxing pal Tyson Fury\u2019s entourage for his comeback win on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Kelbie, 42, gleefully boasted about his night out at London\u2019s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium by posting a series of pics and videos online. They showed him wearing <a aria-label=\"Fury\u2019s Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/tyson-fury\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Fury\u2019s <\/a>team outfit while in his dressing room before and after the bout with Russian Arslanbek Makhmudov.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Kelbie took a video showing the <a aria-label=\"heavyweight Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/tyson-fury\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">heavyweight <\/a>star, 37, and his vast training team leaving his dressing room ahead of the fighter\u2019s ring walk. Afterwards the Edinburgh crook recorded another short film from the ringside while boxer Anthony Joshua was being interviewed about a future fight with Fury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Back in the dressing room, Kelbie and <a aria-label=\"Fury Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/tyson-fury\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Fury <\/a>posed together with each raising a clenched fist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Kelbie wrote: \u201cWhat a great night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gangster Robert Kelbie with commentator Darren Fletcher\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_Screenshot-2026-04-13-at-212957.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Gangster Robert Kelbie with commentator Darren Fletcher\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Gangster Robert Kelbie with commentator Darren Fletcher<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He also hung out with TNT Sports <a aria-label=\"commentatorLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/gangster-robert-kelbie-hangs-out-35517668\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">commentator<\/a> Darren Fletcher. Posting a pic of them together he said: \u201cHope you enjoyed it, brother.\u201d Kelbie was also pictured with Muay Thai fightwear boss Samer Sami Suojhayer and other boxing figures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He also posted a picture of himself sitting in <a aria-label=\"Fury\u2019s Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/tyson-fury\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Fury\u2019s <\/a>dressing room seat, captioned: \u201cKeeping the king\u2019s chair warm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A source said: \u201cEveryone knows Kelbie loves his <a aria-label=\"boxingLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/tyson-fury\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">boxing<\/a>. He\u2019s been pals with Fury for years now and enjoys being part of that world. Any time he meets a celeb, he always gets a picture then shows it off on social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He\u2019s posted numerous snaps alongside <a aria-label=\"stars Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/tyson-fury\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">stars <\/a>such as Noel Gallagher, Mike Tyson, Cristiano Ronaldo, Sir Alex Ferguson and Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan. Fraudster Kelbie has links to the Lyons crime clan and Irish mobsters the Kinahans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He claimed to have served as director of talent for MTK Global, the boxing promotions firm <a aria-label=\"linked Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/were-not-grasses-gangster-robert-9826221\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">linked <\/a>to the Kinahan, and was a key player in setting up a now-defunct MTK gym in Fuerteventura MTK Global was put out of business after US cops put a $5million bounty on founder Daniel Kinahan\u2019s head in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The previous year Kelbie was with Fury when he was kicked out of a taxi in an \u00adincident caught on camera in the south of France. Back in 2010, <a aria-label=\"Kelbie Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/were-not-grasses-gangster-robert-9826221\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Kelbie <\/a>was shot in the back outside Bannatyne\u2019s Health Club in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In 2013, a hail of bullets was fired at the hood\u2019s <a aria-label=\"home Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/were-not-grasses-gangster-robert-9826221\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">home <\/a>at Ratho Station, Edinburgh. There was a repeat at the same house in 2016. Kelbie has been embroiled in a longstanding feud with jailed drugs kingpin Mark Richardson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In 2012 he was convi-ted of mortgage fraud and fined \u00a33000. Last year he saw assault charges dropped. It had been alleged he <a aria-label=\"punched Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/were-not-grasses-gangster-robert-9826221\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">punched <\/a>a man around the head in a pub.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Get more Daily Record exclusives by signing up for free to Google\u2019s preferred sources. 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