David Haye has claimed that he quickly left the scene of his brawl with Dereck Chisora on Saturday evening in order to "diffuse the situation".

Haye also admitted that he was "bitterly disappointed" to have been involved in the incident in Munich.

"I decided to leave the venue and return to my hotel, a move which I hoped would diffuse the situation," Haye's statement read.

"However, Chisora's team were staying at the same hotel as me and, in light of the threats Chisora had made in front of the world's media, it seemed far more appropriate for me and Adam [Booth] to leave the hotel as quickly as possible.

"Consequently, I left Munich on an earlier flight on Sunday morning and have been thinking about what happened ever since, as well as replaying the incident many times via YouTube.

"It goes without saying, I am bitterly disappointed to have been a part of what transpired on Saturday evening."

Haye's last boxing bout resulted in a loss to Wladimir Klitschko in July 2011.