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To use sporting events to improve a polity's reputation, especially to distract from human rights abuses..
Asked how he would feel if the event was part of a move to "sportswash" over wrongdoing, he said: "If that was the case I would definitely have to say I would be bothered – but my only focus is the boxing."
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Sportswash means To use sporting events to improve a polity's reputation, especially to distract from human rights abuses..
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Asked how he would feel if the event was part of a move to "sportswash" over wrongdoing, he said: "If that was the case I would definitely have to say I would be bothered – but my only focus is the boxing."
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