Heavyweights fight before, during and after big bout

1:12 PM, Feb 21, 2012   |    comments
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UNDATED (CNN) -- Slapping and spitting and brawling, you call this boxing? The loser from this past weekend's bout for Heavyweight Champion of the World has been called before British boxing authorities to explain his outrageous behavior.

What a fight for heavyweight champion of the world! Nah, not the fight in the ring, we mean the fights before and after the fight.

It started at the weigh-in. First on the scale, British challenger and bad boy Dereck Chisora versus long-time Ukrainian heavyweight champ of the world Vitali Klitschko. But in the middle of the stare-down, Chisora slapped the champ.

The champ kept his cool, later saying "I'm really looking forward to teaching this young gentleman a lesson." Reminded us of the time Mike Tyson made a beeline for Lenox Lewis. After a little scuffling, Tyson graduated to making obscene gestures.

But Dereck Chisora went from slapping the champ, to spitting water in the face of the champ's brother right before the fight. The brother kept his cool. And the champ went on to win the fight by a unanimous decision. So you figure Chisora's probably had enough, right? Wrong.

At the post fight press conference, a former British fighter named David Haye got made about comments Chisora made. Next thing you know Chisora charged into the crowd and Haye punched him.

Someone used a broken bottle as a weapon, Haye's manager got cut, at one point Haye picked up a tripod and Chisora started yelling threats.

But the real shooting was done by photographers and the video went viral. Police in Munich, Germany questioned Chisora for hours before releasing him. He's been fined $50,000 for the slap and called to appear before the British Boxing Board of Control. He later whole heartedly apologized. I have let my family, my team and, worst of all, the sport I love down. I am deeply embarrassed and while all that brawling was going on.