Haye was using it as an excuse and rightly he is ridiculed. It's just gone on a bit too long. Booth wasn't, because he is a bit better at reading people, and knew he couldn't get away with it. There was that interview where the interviewer mentioned the referee giving the eight count and Booth switched on a dime, from being pragmatic, to playing the victim immediately. He's a grub and thought he could get away with it. If booth thought he could bring up the broken toe in public he would.
Seriously though, what is it about Hayes ring walk being shown as a mirror image? Why would sky go to all that trouble to make us think left is right and right is wrong? Do you think it was a Klitschko mind game to unsettle Haye and throw his senses off?
Mirrors? Are you serious? They just filmed it from a different camera angle. You can see they switch from a left to right camera angle - which is probably why it looks like the badge jumps from left to right of Haye's England shirt.