Boxing: Haye and Chisora come to blows in post-match brawl

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Vitali Klitschko looked on in shock as his beaten challenger Dereck Chisora brawled with fellow British boxer David Haye at a post fight press conference here on Saturday night.

The Ukrainian had just made the tenth successive defence of his World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title by a unanimous points decision of 118-110, 118-110 and 119-111 when violence broke out.

Chisora, who moments before the fight had spat water in the face of Vitali's younger brother Wladimir, left the top table and walked up to fellow Londoner Haye, who was standing among reporters.

Haye, the former World Boxing Association (WBA) champion who was defeated on points by Wladimir in July, had just declared he now wanted to fight Vitali on the initial terms they had agreed to in December for a fight on June 2.

Chisora called Haye 'an embarrassment' before Haye invited his rival to say it to his face. They then confronted each other before quickly swapping blows and the trainers of Haye and Chisora then became involved.

Adam Booth, trainer of Haye and working at the Klitschko-Chisora fight for BBC Radio, was left with a bleeding head while Haye also smacked Chisora's trainer Don Charles.

Chisora, 28, shouted threats at Haye, 31, and claimed he had been bottled in an ugly end to his world title challenge that had an ugly start when he slapped Vitali at Friday's weigh-in.

After spitting water at Wladimir Klitschko, who holds the other three world title belts, Vitali condemned the Zimbabwe-born boxer's unsporting behaviour that spoilt a plucky performance which had the champion on the back foot for long spells at the Olympiahalle.

Vitali, 40, also admitted he suffered an injury to his left arm which impaired him for the second half of the fight.

"If you are sportsman with millions of people watching you have to set a good example, and Chisora didn't do that," Klitschko told a press conference.

"Young kids and boys were watching. I have got respect for Chisora as a fighter but no respect as a human being. He was not fair."

"I was a bit upset afterwards because I didn't knock him out. I don't want to make excuses but it's true I fought for almost eight rounds with just my right hand and no left. My left hand is key for any of my fights and for the knockout."

"I really wanted to knock him out after he slapped me at the weigh-in but it didn't happen."

On explaining why he slapped Vitali, Chisora said: "I signed to fight Wladimir but he didn't give me a fight [Wladimir Klitschko twice pulled out injured before fighting Haye instead of Chisora]."

"I was out of the ring for 18 months because of that. I told my mother that when I see one of those brothers he's going to get a slap. Vitali drew the short straw and it was him."

"But I will also give Wladimir a slap and David Haye a slap if I see him."

Moments later, Chisora and Haye were swapping blows.