The juridical aspects aside, did Haye do anything wrong from an ethical standpoint?

The main thing he did wrong was to do it in front of about 200 cameras...

 

Chisora was coming for his head. He knew that. He was definitely on the defensive. Using a bottle and a tripod is a whole other story though. Not sure what he was thinking there. Either way, he's a rich celebrity and will get off with a public censure.

 

A British prosecutor would have nothing to do with it. Chisora had already threatened to slap Haye, slapped Vitali and spat in Wlad's face, then acted aggressively toward Haye. No judge or jury this country would convict him. No idea about German law.

 

I think Chisora was trying to sell himself a little too much over the weekend. Haye did nothing but stand his ground. I don't think Haye should be punished with BGH when he was attacked, he just took any means to defend himself.
A lot of negativity surrounds the whole fight and antics that went with it, but I have more respect for Klit for coming through a tough fight, more respect for Chisora after not being a fan at all because he made some noise and went some way to back it up. Haye gets props for standing his ground, and giving some real excitement to a boring ass heavyweight division.

 

As I said in another thread, the only time I can condone any kind of violence outside of a boxing ring is when a bully picks on the wrong person and gets their come uppence.

Chisora has a history of robbing people, beating women, slapping, biting and spitting at people. Backed up by his entourage he marched up to someone he didn't think would do anything and pushed his luck a little to far. The world's media was watching and Haye wasn't about to be punked like Vitali and Wlad had been that weekend. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but I have no real problem with it