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Klitschko vs Chisora: David Haye, Dereck Chisora Brawl at Press Conference

David Haye got into a brawl with Dereck Chisora at today's Klitschko vs Chisora post-fight press conference. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
David Haye got into a brawl with Dereck Chisora at today's Klitschko vs Chisora post-fight press conference. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
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Scott Christ is the managing editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2006.

Chaos broke out in Munich this evening at the Klitschko vs Chisora post-fight press conference, with Dereck Chisora and fellow British heavyweight David Haye getting into a brawl, and Chisora threatening to shoot Haye.

Chris Mannix summed up the mess on Twitter:

Chisora and Haye are now yelling at each other. Incredible ... Chisora yelling "how's your toe" over and over. Now he's rushing Haye. they are brawling. ... Still brawling. Haye threw the first punch. ... Chisora: "I'm going to shoot you. I'm going to physically shoot David Haye." ... Chisora claiming Haye hit him with a bottle. ... Wladimir is standing on a chair laughing. Gives me two thumbs up. He's loving this. ... Chisora: "If David doesn't fight me, I'm going to find him on the street and kill him. I'll burn him." ... Adam Booth is beeding from a cut on his skull. Chisora telling him, "look in my eyes, I'm going to kill your fighter." ... Haye and Chisora are gone. A giddy Wladimir Klitschko is doing interviews. I don't think I've ever seen him have this much fun. ... I'm told that the police are waiting for Chisora outside. Don't know who called them, but they are here for them.

Former British super middleweight champion Paul Smith, who called the fight for BoxNation, said moments ago on Twitter, "Murder in the press conference. Haye & Chisora scrapping. Booth has a gash on his head. Chisora saying he's gonna plug Haye! Fucking nuts!"

[ Klitschko vs Chisora Results and Recap ]

To say that the last two days are a bit much, and have frankly gotten out of control, would be an understatement.

This mostly started yesterday, when Chisora slapped Vitali at the weigh-in. Today, there was backstage arguing between the camps when Wladimir Klitschko went to inspect Chisora's hand-wrapping process. Today in the ring before the fight, Chisora spit in Wladimir's face, and the camps argued after the fight, too.

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