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Saudi Arabia hosting Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr for the 'Clash in the Dunes' is just the latest in a long tradition of sportswashing tyranny.

First we had the"Rumble in the Jungle" when a kleptocrat ruler of Zaire spent $10m hosting Muhammad Ali's defeat of George Foreman, probably the most famous bout of all time.

Well, I suppose if you had to pick someone in the world today who was cut from the same cloth as Mobutu Sese Seko and Ferdinand Marcos the obvious choice would be Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman In 1974 the"Rumble in the Jungle" took place in Zaire against a backdrop of widespread human rights violations with Seke accumulating a personal wealth of $15bn while his country was mired in extreme poverty.

Under his rule the despot racked up over 35,000 torture cases, 70,000 incarcerations, 50,000 enforced disappearances and 3257 murders. Then there are the stonings, the public executions, the persecution of minorities and the continued incarceration of women rights activists peacefully demanding an end to the oppressive male guardianship system.

 

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Brutal dictators like to show off. The dictators know that majority of the world's population like to watch violence or fights. Thus, they believe it is the best way to brag about how their nation is so strong. It is all for the show.

it takes them back to olden times when they forced the infidels to kill each other for sport

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