By Mark Vester

The near brawl that took place between WBC champion Vitali Klitschko and rival David Haye has the streets talking in several countries. Prior to the two fighters reaching an agreement for a June fight, they nearly exchanged punches in a packed restaurant during their meeting last weekend in Germany. Vitali lost his temper after Haye threw a magazine on the table that featured a photo of the talkative Brit holding a decaptitated head of younger brother Wladimir.

Klitschko’s manager Berndt Boente told The Sun that Vitali became "very angry" when he saw the photo and physically went after Haye. The two fighters began to wrestle and the wild scene ended when Vitali pushed Haye and the British fighter fell backwards.

“Vitali was very, very angry. He grabbed David and they then wrestled for a few seconds. He also gave David a push. He fell back and then tried to make a joke of it by doing some kind of dance — only then did it calm down,” Boente said.

Adam Booth, who mananges Haye, told The Guardian that Vitali grabbed the Hayemaker by the throat when he saw magazine photo, stunning both manangers and Haye.

“I was sitting with Vitali’s manager for negotiations to set up the fight for about 18 hours. At the end David and Vitali came to the restaurant to shake hands over the table. David tossed a copy of the magazine across the table with him dressed up as one of the characters from the ‘Reservoir Dogs’ film holding Wladimir’s head. When Vitali saw it he just lost the plot, jumped up and grabbed David by the scruff of the neck and started yelling at him that he would pay for it," Booth said.

Haye believes that he's finally broken the mental wills of the Klitschkos.

"I have already riled the boys. Wladimir's fight with Hasim Rahman was just boring. A Mike Tyson would have eaten him up in three rounds and spat him out. That is exactly what I am going to do with the lame Klitschkos," Haye said.

Vitali promised to do some serious damage when he steps in the ring with Haye.

"I will do that without emotion in the ring. I will reply for my brother and Haye must pay for this photo. You know lots of people said that they would knock my brother and me out. But it is well known what happened to them and the same would happen with Haye," Vitali said.

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