Dereck Chisora and David Haye's post-fight brawl – in pictures
David Haye interrupted the speakers on stage at the post-fight press conference, after the WBC heavyweight world championship bout between Vitali Klitschko and Dereck Chisora, telling the crowd he was ready to come out of retirement and goading ChisoraPhotograph: Getty Images/Bongarts/Getty ImagesIn return, Bernd Boente, the Klitschko brothers' manager, goaded Haye back about his infamous little toe and told him he would not fight Vitali. Haye then told Chisora that he has lost three fights in a row. Chisora retorted: 'Say that to my face' and got to his feetPhotograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action ImagesThe pair then confonted each other in front of TV cameras and journalistsPhotograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images
There was only going to be one outcome ... within seconds the fistycuffs beganPhotograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action ImagesHaye threw a right hook at Chisora, while holding a glass bottle. Chisora did not go down but was left disorientated and thought he had been hit directly with the bottlePhotograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action ImagesDon Charles (in red cap), Chisora's trainer, also stepped in to the brawl, which spilled outside the press room and lasted for several minutesPhotograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action ImagesChisora repeatedly accused Haye of glassing him and, after heading back into the press room, shouted 'I'll shoot him, I'll physically shoot him'. Photograph: Getty Images/Bongarts/Getty ImagesAdam Booth, Haye's trainer, was left bloodied after being accidentally hit by a camera tripod by Haye. With Haye having left the building, Booth then calmly confronted Chisora, thinking the blow he had received had come from one of Chisora's men. Booth then praised Chisora for his valiance against Klitschko before turning to the Klitschko camp and branding Boente an embarrassmentPhotograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images
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