Chisora appeals licence sanction

Dereck Chisora has appealed against the withdrawal of his licence by the British Boxing Board of Control.

He was deemed not “a fit and proper person to hold a licence” for his actions before and after his defeat by Vitali Klitschko in Munich last month.

Chisora slapped Vitali at the weigh-in, spat water at his opponent’s brother Wladimir before the bout and brawled with David Haye after the fight.

“All I want to see is a fair hearing,” said promoter Frank Warren.

“The appeal has gone in already. The grounds for the appeal are that we’re not satisfied with the way the hearing went,” he said.

“Dereck Chisora will present his side of events and then we’ll see what happens.”