Chisora admits brawl embarrassment

Dereck Chisora has admitted to being “really embarrassed” by his behaviour in a brawl in Munich last month as he prepares to go before the British Boxing Board of Control on Wednesday.

The 28-year-old Zimbabwe-born Londoner could be hit with a significant ban from the sport by the board over incidents both before and after his WBC heavyweight title challenge against Vitali Klitschko in Germany on February 18.

Chisora slapped Klitschko at the pre-fight weigh-in, spat water in his brother Wladimir’s face during the introductions and then brawled with British rival David Haye at the press conference afterwards.

Chisora spent a night in the custody of German police following the incidents, but despite issuing an apology he could be banned for around a year at this week’s hearing in Cardiff.

“All I want is to give my side of things and be treated fairly. But whatever punishment they inflict, I’ll take it on the chin,” he said.

“Maybe they want to make an example of me. Everything’s in God’s hands. If they ban me, I’m not going to be sulking around the house. I’ll still be training because I’m a fighter and I love fighting.

“I just hope they realise how sorry I am and that all I really want is for me to be allowed to get back in the ring again.”

The 28-year-old’s actions have had an impact on his family, with his mother having to be rushed to hospital in the wake of the incident.

“I got a call to say she’d had a panic attack and been rushed to hospital,” Chisora said.

“Her first words to me when I got back and went straight to the hospital were: ‘What are you going to do if they take away your licence?’ There was nothing I could say to her. All I could do was keep quiet.”

Chisora blames the Klitschko brothers for winding him up, but acknowledges that he is not proud of what he did.

“When I look back on it all now I am really embarrassed. There was nothing premeditated. It was all spontaneous. Something kicked in. It just happened.

“When I slapped Vitali I immediately regretted it. I was thinking to myself: ‘What did I do that for’?”