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Haye: Call that a punch?
- Updated: November 30, 2016
David Haye has dismissed Tony Bellew’s complaint he was punched during the pair’s head-to-head in London on Wednesday.
The first press conference to promote March 4’s Sky Sports Box Office heavyweight event was predictably explosive as the two fighters exchanged insults in front of the assembled media.
A physical confrontation followed as the rivals butted heads briefly, Bellew then pushing Haye as the Londoner appeared to swing a left arm.
Bellew afterwards accused Haye of throwing a left hook, but his opponent claimed he was just defending himself and warned Bellew would feel the true power of his punches come fight night.
“If he thinks that’s a punch, he’s got another thing coming,” Haye told Sky Sports News HQ. “All I remember is he pushed me and I pushed him back.
“It’s unnecessary. I never initiate things unless I feel threatened. I …
