LONDON. — Zimbabwe-born British heavyweight boxer Dereck Chisora has criticised David Haye for not attending a media event to publicise their fight this Saturday.
Chisora called Haye a “drama queen” ahead of the bout, which will take place at Upton Park.

Former WBA world heavyweight champion Haye claimed he had overslept when explaining his absence on Twitter.
“Just woke up! Apparently I slept through a media call! Hope I didn’t miss out on anything interesting coming out of Del Boy’s mouth,” he said.
The pair brawled at a news conference in Munich in February after Chisora lost to WBC champion Vitali Klitschko, and their feud has continued in the build-up to their controversial clash in London.

“David Haye is a drama queen and I don’t know why more attention is being given to a drama queen but the show must go on,” declared 28-year-old Chisora, whose fight with Haye has been sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation.
The British Boxing Board of Control has refused to back the heavyweight fight because neither man holds a British boxing licence.

Chisora, who took Klitschko the distance in Munich, made a prediction ahead of his meeting with Haye.
“He’s getting knocked out. He says he's going to knock me out in round two but he’s going to go down in round seven,” he said.
“This fight is about me knocking this fool out because I don’t like him.”

Meanwhile, Haye and Chisora have vowed to behave outside the ring before and after their controversial fight on Saturday.
The pair clashed at a press conference in Munich in February after Chisora lost to WBC champion Vitali Klitschko.
Neither boxer currently holds a British boxing licence because of the brawl.

“Right now I am behaving myself, after the fight I will try to behave myself but in the ring I’m not going to behave myself,” insisted Chisora.
“All I will say is it is going to be a great fight and I would love my opponent to come out of the ring healthy and the same for me.”

Haye says he has never done anything wrong away from the ring and has called for a clean fight in the Upton Park contest sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation.

“In the ring I have never really done too much to break the law, even outside of it, whereas I've seen him bite people,” said Haye.
“So I don't think people should put the spotlight on me because I’m a consummate professional inside and outside of the ring, this guy has a history of being the polar opposite of that.

“Outside the ring you have seen what happened, he has had a whole load of madness going on, but inside the ring we have rules and they have to be abided by and

I’m not training to break any rules — I’m looking forward to going out there and doing a job.”
The British Boxing Board of Control has threatened to revoke the licence of anyone involved in the controversial fight. — BBC Sport.