12 Jun 2024

Explainer: What is sportswashing?

From Nights, 10:17 pm on 12 June 2024

It was a big month last month for fans of boxing - when Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the world since Lennon Lewis in 1999.

But this fight was controversial long before the moment the fighters stepped into the ring - partly because of where it was staged.

Simon Chadwick, Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy, Skema Business School speaks to Emile Donovan.

Britain's Tyson Fury, left, and Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk.

Britain's Tyson Fury, left, and Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk. Photo: Francisco Seco/AP