By msnbc.com staff and news services
Police are to question British heavyweight boxers David Haye and Dereck Chisora after they brawled at a post-fight press conference in Germany late on Saturday, according to reports.
The incident occurred during a news conference after Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko retained his WBC heavyweight belt, scoring a unanimous points decision over challenger Chisora in Munich's Olympic Hall.
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Haye, who had been working as a television pundit, became agitated by comments made by Klitschko's manager, Bernd Boente, and began to heckle from the back of the conference.
That escalated until Chisora finally grabbed a microphone and stepped down from the main table into the media seating area to confront Haye.
Haye's manager Booth suffered a cut above his eye following the scuffle, thought to be caused by a camera tripod knocked over in the melee.
German police said they would interview both fighters on Sunday. A spokesman told the BBC: "The police have only just started an investigation in this this case. It is only at the very initial stages."
The whole incident took place in front of dozens of cameras, and can be seen in this uncensored YouTube clip, uploaded by sports website bokser.org, which contains audible bad language throughout.
"I'm totally disappointed, it went a little too far, the sport of boxing shouldn't be like that," Klitschko told the BBC after watching the fight.
The BBC also reported that Chisora allegedly threatened to shoot Haye follwing the incident. It said Chisora accused Haye of "glassing him", before saying at least four times that he would shoot Haye, adding: "If David don't fight me, I am going to physically burn him."
Reuters, NBC Sports and msnbc.com staff contributed to this report.
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