Dereck Chisora: Were the Antics and Brawl with David Haye Good for Boxing?

If Dereck Chisora salvaged his reputation in the ring after a brave showing against Vitali Klitschko, it is hard to tell where it lies now after a night of drama in Munich.

A post-fight confrontation with both brothers in the ring was followed by the most eventful press conference in recent history.

Now we are left to wonder. Is this all an act from Chisora to stay relevant in the international heavyweight scene, or is he really just crazy?

And have the antics of Chisora in fact been good for the heavyweight division?

The pre-fight hype and bluster was rather subdued until Chisora put it on a lot of back pages by slapping Vitali at the weigh-in.

The move was blown completely out of proportion, with the WBC naturally fining Chisora. No it wasn't a classy way to act, but yes it got more people interested in the fight.

The move had clearly irked the Klitschko's, who looked for payback when Wladimir disrupted Chisora's preparations in his dressing room.

After initially being denied entry, Vitali's brother complained of the way that cornerman Dean Powell had wrapped Chisora's hands, demanding they be re-wrapped.

But Dereck did not react kindly to this, screaming at Wladimir to get out of his dressing room.

Things would only escalate further in the ring.

Chisora had threatened to slap Wladimir after the Ukrainian pulled out of his proposed fights with him after injuries, but in the ring he decided another course of action was preferable.

"Del-Boy" lost even more fans by distastefully spitting in the face of Wlad, who remained amazingly calm at the time.

Then for 12 rounds, Chisora made us forget about his antics with a game performance against Vitali.

In a display that David Haye could only dream of, Chisora unsettled Vitali, continually stalking him around the ring.

Occasionally landing with his quick overhand right and getting some good body shots in, Chisora gave Vitali one of, if not the, hardest fights that Vitali has been in since Lennox Lewis.

Chisora took some big right hands from the champion, but didn't show any signs of being hurt. becoming only the fourth man to take Vitali to the scorecards.

For his performance in the ring, he must be applauded, but after the final bell had rung the shenanigans started again.

Wladimir, clearly angered at the spit before the fight, confronted Chisora's corner, engaging in strong words with Chisora's trainer Don Charles who split the two up.

By accident or by design, it looked like Chisora had managed to bag another fight with a Klitschko even with a loss.

While it left a sour taste in the mouth, if it was all an act, it was well-planned. There was no other way that Dereck would have remained relevant in the division.

He would have just been another forgotten name on the list of Klitschko victims alongside Kevin Johnson and Albert Sosnowski. That's right, who?

If what happened in the ring after the fight can be called shenanigans, all hell broke loose in the following press conference.

The drama started when the Klitschko's manager Bernd Boente ruled out a possible fight between Vitali and Haye, citing the bad experiences they had had with Haye and Chisora as a reason to avoid British Fighters.

Haye, who had been campaigning for a fight with Vitali in his role as analyst for Box Nation made his feelings known from the back of the press conference saying, "You don't want to fight David Haye, no?"

A back-and-forth between the two apparently raised the shackles of Chisora, who began baiting Haye, calling him an "embarrassment" and suggesting they should meet in the ring.

So far so good, but when Haye responded, "You've lost your last three fights, you lost to Tyson Fury. You're a loser," Chisora lost it.

Don Charles tried to control the situation by asking Haye to be ejected but Haye kept talking.

Chisora made his way down to where Haye was standing and a melee ensued.

Haye's trainer was cut, Chisora was cut, Haye was swinging a tripod around. Bottles were clinking and both Chisora and Booth claimed to have been glassed but it is unclear from the video as to who glassed who.

This has been met with the shaking of heads and the tutting of journalists, who all bemoan the fact that it has overshadowed the fight.

Lets be honest, the fight wasn't a classic, but hey, we're all talking about the heavyweight division again.

The "madness" of Dereck Chisora has propelled the division back into people's minds and we should be all for that.

Time after time, we have seen the Klitschko's systematically beat everyone in the division and that's the end of the story. At least this drama, distasteful as it may be, has got people talking.

Here's hoping that this is a prelude to some action in the ring. An all-British fight between Haye and Chisora would definitely be an interesting one after the brawl.

A real grudge match in the heavyweight division would liven things up. People would have to make the tough decision of who they hate more.

Outside of that, Vitali called out David Haye after the fight, and it is likely that Boente's posturing is just that. Financially, Haye is likely to make the most sense for Vitali.

Haye is also possibly the only man who could trouble Vitali, who looked sluggish at times against Chisora. He will most likely lose, but it is the only fight that makes sense for Vitali.

What do you make of the antics of Chisora? Where do he, Haye and the Klitschko's go from here? Comment below.