‘Party time’ as Haye jets first class to Vegas

Wed, 22 Feb 11:56:00 2012

Former world heavyweight David Haye flew out of Britain just days after his role in an unseemly brawl with Dereck Chisora in Munich.

David Haye (from David Haye's Twitter feed), February 2012 - 0

Haye’s whereabouts had been unknown in the hours after the brawl, which led to Chisora being detained by German police, but he kept his followers on Twitter up to date with a picture.

Haye is still wanted for questioning in Germany, but showed no signs of concern in his first-class seat as he set off for Las Vegas.

“Managed to shake off them bird watchers on M25!” Haye tweeted. “Jetting off to warmer climates. It’s PARTY TIME!”

The ‘bird watchers’ referred to the paparazzi, who Haye had earlier photographed waiting outside his house.

German prosecutors reportedly suspect Haye of grievous bodily harm, which if proven is punishable by a minimum jail term of six months.

A police spokesman said: "We're going to ask the British to help us but this is not a quick process. We have to go through the right channels, send letters, et cetera.

"We don't expect something to happen for around two weeks. It is not a serious charge, like murder, it is just a case involving two famous people."

In a statement on Monday Haye apologised for his behaviour in the press conference, vowing to help boxing authorities with their investigations.

“It goes without saying, I am bitterly disappointed to have been a part of what transpired on Saturday evening,” the statement read.

“I realise I am no angel – and don't mind a bit of professional trash-talk to help raise boxing's profile – but, during my 21 years in the sport, I have never been involved in, or even witnessed, such a serious fracas.

“If requested, I shall happily assist the boxing authorities with any investigation they wish to launch and, ultimately, hope that all lessons learned from this incident will be implemented.”

Warning: Video contains swearing

Chisora and Haye brawl

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  1. haye is like a nagging toothache!

    From sean d, on Wed 29 Feb 3:35

  2. Too many racist fools on these boards & too many p­ poor stories written by these yahoo news reporters. He­ is sat in the new BA club class seat, not first class.­ Probably lost all his money getting drunk after his­ whooping!

    From demonite55, on Sat 25 Feb 19:55

  3. @258 That's call taking the 'P'!!

    From P, on Sat 25 Feb 8:39

  4. @P (254) Cameron is not addressed as PM cameron, this­ was President Bush's mistake when he referred to PM­ Bliar. PM is not a title in the way­ "president" is.

    From trev h, on Sat 25 Feb 6:49

  5. @256 What is a 'nob'? Are you angry because­ you havent got one!!

    From P, on Sat 25 Feb 0:04

  6. David, you are such a pathetic individual.....stay in­ vegas you nob

    From moondogwilly, on Fri 24 Feb 10:06

  7. Man-child.

    From Singha, on Fri 24 Feb 8:23

  8. @253 I don't think PM Cameron would share your idea­ for a second. Do you know why? You could try to­ deport Chisora back if you and PM Cameron happy to have­ all the white farmers back on your door step!! In any­ case, white Zimbabewens have a historical right to come­ and live and enjoy all the welfare benefits and the­ jobs too!! Hope you are not going to complain about­ it too much now!!

    From P, on Fri 24 Feb 5:18

  9. Chisora should be deported to Zimbabwe, while Haye can­ stay in the hellhole of Vegas.

    From rowlandsandrew23, on Fri 24 Feb 4:22

  10. It dos not matter what nationality you are what matter­ is what type of person you are. Fact no people are good­ and perfect. If you consider yourself good and perfect­ your a liar. God help us all.

    From Daniel, on Thu 23 Feb 20:40

  11. It is forums like this Yahoo site that give oxygen to­ racist abusers, xenophobes, psycopaths, and sick­ ,sick , uneducated, ignorant, People, by airing their­ warped views, seeking out antgonistic responses, and­ then publishish them without any suprvision or editing­ . This website forum should be prohibited completely­ and absoloutly as it encourages abuse , violence and­ stokes up further racit hatred . Shame on you Yahho !

    From Mark, on Thu 23 Feb 20:04

  12. I don't want people to confuse themselves with post­ of 244 & 245 with mine. I am not the same­ 'P'.

    I agree with most of what Post 249­ said except about the last paragraph about Klitschko­ not wanting to fight another British boxer. I like to­ point out that Vitali K has already indicated his­ intention to fight Chisora. Despite what people think­ a retrun fight with Chisora would create so much­ interest in Germany, Russia and from Vitali's­ country of birth, Ukraine, not forgetting the boxing­ fans from the UK. Vitali K is a smart shrewed­ businessmen first and a boxer second and a politician­ last. He can now see a great opportunity to make a­ lot more money with very little promotion for a­ potential second clash with Chisora. In Vitali's­ mind there is some unfinished business of not been able­ to 'knock' Chisora out for all the insults he­ and his brother suffered before, during and after the­ fight at hands of Chisora. If and when this retrun­ fight is announced tickets will be sold in weeks not­ months. People will que to pay good money hoping­ Vitali K would knock the seven bells out of Chisora! ­ However, I fail to see Vitali knocking him out. The­ second time around, Chisora will be wiser and hopefully­ lot smarter to counter some if not most of the­ crunching jabs he ate all night in the first fight. ­ Whether Vitali K knock Chisora out or not its a win win­ situation for Vitali K and his bank balance too.

    As­ for all the racist comments, I entirely agree that­ those who spent all their energy focussing on the­ colour of the two boxers need ask themselves if they­ are whiter than white inside and from outside!! I­ refuse to accept that those racist bigots are boxing­ fans or they really have any love for the country other­ than just happened to be 'white'!! I bet they­ are darker than black inside!!

    From P, on Thu 23 Feb 19:22

  13. aaaaaaaaaah , bless boxing, what a noble sport...NOT...

    From _, on Thu 23 Feb 17:39

  14. @ Edz Luiz,

    True, there are other important things but­ also consider that Chisora and Haye are both­ role-models for young sports-people and young Blacks.­ Chisora is arguably also a role model for the migrant­ community, as he comes from Africa. Now the positive­ aspects of both men have been tarnished by thuggish­ behaviour. Look at all the negative comments about them­ based on race... That illustrates how this incident­ reflects on British society both internally and­ externally.

    The Klitschkos have said they will not­ look to Britain for challengers because of their­ experience with British boxers... so the future chances­ of some young boxers is now tainted because of these­ two... young boxers who might have made a more positive­ contribution with their place in the limelight.

    From trev h, on Thu 23 Feb 16:38
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    klitschkos were convicted of steroid use in 1996

    From Homer, on Thu 23 Feb 16:33

  16. @Pa Hhhh Actually, he said he'd prove his­ masculinity on her. He'd forced a rematch with­ rahman through the courts and Rahman asked why he'd­ started all the "gay stuff". It's more of­ an American useage of "gay" (weak, pathetic­ etc) and Lewis took it as a comment on his manhood. He­ said he was a 200% women's man and he'd prove­ it on Rahman's sister. Needless to say, Rahman­ wasn't too impressed.

    From trev h, on Thu 23 Feb 16:32

  17. @P
    What the hell you talking about? Lewis was just as­ bad as these guys. On the set of ESPN Lewis said he­ slept with Rahmen's sister and the two of them had­ a scrap right there. They tried to hit each other with­ chairs. Also you said Lewis will always be your champ?­ Back when Lewis was champ the Brits didn't even­ support him. They thought he was boring and wanted­ Vitali to rip him apart.

    From Pa Hhhh, on Thu 23 Feb 15:01

  18. Haye is a loser any day and should fly LAST CLASS. Our­ champions will always remain Henry Cooper, Bruno and­ Lennox Lewis

    From P, on Thu 23 Feb 10:02

  19. shame on you. klitschkos should be on 1st class not a­ loser

    From P, on Thu 23 Feb 9:58

  20. HONESTLY,, Everything in BRITAIN is total eclipse..­ people are getting very very irritated with every­ little thing happening..!! why is it serious in this­ era? Everything seem to be falling down..!! No Jobs..­ No money.. people dont trust each other anymore..!!­ RACISM and DISCRIMINATION they all coming back now..!!­ These are the things we tried to eliminate for the past­ 30 years ago..!! LOOK even POLITICIANS are trying to­ preach about being a BRITSH and NON BRITISH..!! ­ EVERYTHING seems to be exposed..!! from POLITICS to­ SPORTS..!! What do we expect the next genaration to­ behave like?!! (Trust me thers more worse coming)
    ­ SURELY.. There are more serious things BRITISH SOCIETY­ can talk about (like.. drugs, alcoholic, murderers,­ weirdos, rapes and unemployments plus education for the­ youth) instead of talking about DAVID HAYE and DEL­ BOY...!!! TO ME.. They are just part of FAILURE­ BRITAIN... NO matter what it is they represent the LOW­ LIFE BRITISH PEOPLE who the goverment creating...!!!!­ (IT DOESNT MATTER WHERE THEY COME FROM BUT THEY ARE­ STILL BRITISH just like YOU and YOU and YOU...AND you­ will NEVER CHANGE THEM NOT TO BE BRITISH... CHANGE­ YOURSELF BEFORE YOU CHANGE THEM)

    From Edz Luiz, on Thu 23 Feb 9:33
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