Heavyweight hit with "serious fine" and removed from rankings
Dereck Chisora has been banned indefinitely by the World Boxing Council following his conduct before and after his title fight against Vitali Klitschko.
The British heavyweight failed in his bid to take the WBC belt from defending champion Klitschko in Munich on February 18. "The WBC will also take off from the WBC rankings the name of Dereck Chisora and declare an indefinite suspension against fighting again for a WBC title, while demanding Chisora to take an anger management medical treatment after which his suspension will be reconsidered." WBC statement Quotes of the week In the post-fight press conference Chisora became embroiled in a brawl with British rival David Haye, though he was released without charge after being questioned by German police.
The 28-year-old had already courted controversy before the bout by slapping his Ukrainian opponent at the weigh-in. He then spat water at Klitschko's brother Wladimir ahead of the opening bell at the Olympiahalle.
In a statement the WBC declared Chisora had committed "one of the worst behaviours ever by a professional boxer" and said the suspension would not be reconsidered until he had undertaken anger management classes. He has also been hit with a "serious fine", which will be determined later at a hearing, and immediately removed from the WBC's rankings.
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