The Dereck Chisora-David Haye Brawl: The Good , the Bad & the Hilarious [VIDEO]

Saturday’s decent scrap between Vitali Klitschko and Dereck Chisora was all but forgotten after the latter became involved in a media room brawl with fellow British fighter David Haye.

The altercation happened at the Klitschko-Chisora press conference after Chisora spotted Haye in attendance. Chisora had brought Haye into his targets over the last week, vowing to also knock out Haye after he finished with Vitali. In addition, Chisora added Haye to the fighters he planned to eventually slap as he did Vitali Klitschko at their weigh-in on Friday. The two began jawing back and forth with Haye, being the better talker, getting the better of it by pointing out the fact Chisora had now lost to the three best opponents on his resume. Haye looked on the verge of completely taking over the press conference as he also began addressing Vitali Klitschko, the man he hopes to fight sometime this year.

Chisora quickly left the stage, informed his handlers to remain behind him, and stormed over to David Haye to confront him. Media cleared out the way in expectation of a nice photo-op of the men staring each other down and hurling insults. That happened for all of a few seconds before Haye, with a drinking glass bottle in hand, launched a quick right onto Chisora’s jaw.

The bottom shattered as bedlam began. Chisora began shouting “He glassed me!” as he tried in vain to get to Haye. The Hayemaker got in a few shots in Chisora’s people before mistakenly cutting open his own trainer Adam Booth with an errant throw of a camera tripod at Chisora. The wild scene continued with insults and curses, but the physical portion of the confrontation had been subdued.

THE GOOD: We’ re talking about the heavyweights again! The heavyweight division had all but disappeared from the American media conversation in recent years since the lack of good, local heavyweight in the States. Although this brawl involved British fighters, it’s still the type of fuckery that all fans eat up. It’s no different from Riddick Bowe sucker-punching Larry Donald at a press conference or Larry Holmes dropkicking Trevor Berbick off the hood of a car. And this sets up a legit, homegrown grudge match between Chisora and Haye.

For a guy with less than 20 fights, Dereck Chisora has put himself in line for several paydays.

THE BAD: No matter what you think of their boxing styles, the Klitschkos are for the most part good sportsmen. How many times in the span of a weekend can two brothers get disrespected? First it was Chisora slapping Vitali on Friday. Then it was Chisora spitting water in Wladimir’s face before Saturday’s bout. And finally what should have been Vitali’s moment to shine after his ninth defense he gets upstaged by two men that he and his brother have already defeated. At least with the last disrespect, they got to see a good spectacle.

THE UGLY: Someone could have been seriously hurt. I don’t blame David Haye for taking a swing at Chisora. Let’s be honest; Del Boy is a loose cannon and his track record over the last few days shows he would likley have laid hands on Haye first. However, Haye was wrong for hitting him with a hand while holding a glass bottle. That could’ve have caused serious damage and I don’t buy it that Haye forgot the potential weapon was in his hand. He’ll be rightly fined for that move. The shot should have been with his bare hands. And considering Chisora’s antics the past few days, it’s hard to feel sorry for him either way.

THE HILARIOUS: One of the Klitschkos was heard telling Haye to run when Chisora hopped off the stage after him. Haye busting open his own trainer/manager Adam Booth with the flying tripod was ridiculous. Chisora’s yells of “he glassed me” had its own comedic timing, as did his over the top vows afterward to shoot Haye and burn the body. Wladimir Klitschko was viewed loving the spectacle and giving reporters he knew thumbs up signs.

Chisora also got arrested yesterday. Not the best night for Del Boy: lose the biggest fight of your career, get suckerpunched or “glassed,” and finally arrested.