(David Haye seen here at the post fight press conference on Saturday. In Haye’s right hand appears to be a bottle. This could be the bottle that exploded when Haye hit Chisora in the face when confronted by him) By Eric Thomas: Both David Haye and Dereck Chisora are now in a lot of hot water due to their skirmish at the press conference after WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko defeated Chisora by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night.

Haye invited himself to the press conference, no doubt with the intention of trying to weasel a fight with Vitali and get another big payday like the one he got against his brother Wladimir Klitschko last year. Haye was asked to leave by a Chisora’s trainer Don Charles but he ignored it, and kept asking Vitali why he wouldn’t agree to fight.

Chisora then cut in on the conversation, telling Haye to “Be quiet” After which, Chisora asked Haye to fight him next. Where things got messy is when Chisora decided to get up out of his chair and confront Haye in the audience. Previous to all this, Chisora had already threatened to slap Haye in the face as soon as he saw him.

Haye obviously knew this and was also likely aware that Chisora had hit Vitali without warning with a slap across the face in last Saturday’s press conference. So, when Chisora walked up on Haye in the audience, it likely gave Haye a feeling like he was going to get hit by Chisora.

Haye didn’t wait to find, as he threw a right hand as soon as Chisora got to him, decking him with the shot. You could see it as self defense at that point. He could have waited but given that Chisora had already said he was going to slap him as soon as he saw him, it’s understandable why Haye didn’t wait to get hit. But where Haye messed up is when he picked up a camera tripod and used it as a weapon to fight. That’s obviously not a good thing.

Assault with your fists is one thing, but with a camera tripod, it’s much worse. Haye also appeared to hit Chisora with a class bottle when he punched him because something exploded when his punch landed and Chisora got up off the deck saying he had been “Glassed” by Haye. That, of course, is a big no-no. You don’t take someone with a bottle and then turn around and try to brain them with a heavy camera tripod. Haye might have been feeling like he fighting Chisora’s entire entourage, as he walked on Haye with at least two of his team standing behind him.