Why do the fighters not have licences to fight in Britain?

Chisora had his licence withdrawn by the British Boxing Board of Control because of a number of controversial incidents before and after he lost his fight to Vitali Klitschko in Munich in February.

The scuffle with Haye was the third controversial incident involving Chisora to occur in two days in Munich.

The first was when he slapped Klitschko at the weigh-in, and then, moments before the fight, he spat water in the face of his opponent's brother Wladimir inside the ring.

He has appealed against the decision to withdraw his licence, although that hearing has been put back to July.

Haye relinquished his licence when he retired in October 2011, three months after losing his WBA title to Wladimir Klitschko in Hamburg.