Chisora detained for post-bout Hayes fray
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Ex-champion David Haye (right) punches Dereck Chisora during a news conference. |
Munich police have detained British heavyweight boxer Dereck Chisora following his brawl with former WBA champion David Haye at a post-fight press conference on Saturday night.
Chisora and his coach Don Charles were detained at Munich airport yesterday and taken in for questioning, police spokesman Gottfried Schlicht said.
"Then we will decide whether to proceed further (with charges)," Schlicht said.
Schlicht said the police were still looking for Haye, who wasn't at his hotel.
"We don't know where he is," Schlicht said.
Chisora and fellow Londoner Haye came to blows after Chisora's defeat by unanimous decision to Vitali Klitschko in their WBC title fight.
Chisora taunted Haye about losing the WBA belt to Klitschko's younger brother Wladimir last July, leading to a heated exchange before Chisora knocked a bottle out of Haye's hand and they came to blows.
Haye also fought with members of Chisora's entourage, and his coach, Adam Booth, was left bleeding from a cut on his head.
Camera equipment went flying and reporters fled before security eventually managed to separate the men and police arrived at the scene. "You've really lost it this time," Chisora told Haye.
The 40-year-old Klitschko beat Chisora in a bruising bout in which the Ukrainian claimed to have fought from the fourth round with only his right fist after injuring his left shoulder.
"I think we all heard excuses about a broken toe," Chisora said before the brawl, referring to Haye's claim after his defeat to Wladimir in Germany last July.
Chisora found little support from the sellout crowd of 12,500 after slapping Vitali's face at the weigh-in on Friday, and ensured the ill feelings continued when he spat water in Wladimir's face as his brother's record was being called out before their bout.
"I wanted to knock him out, to be honest," Vitali (44-2) said. "Such a cheek."
Wladimir acted as a buffer as Chisora (15-3) continued to goad them.
The judges scored it 118-110, 118-110 and 119-111 in Vital's favor.
Chisora said after the bout he wanted a rematch, or a bout with Wladimir, who is now "super" WBA champion and the holder of the IBF and minor WBO and IBO belts. The younger Klitschko is due to fight next against Jean-Marc Mormeck of France on March 3 in Duesseldorf.
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