SuperSport, Batchelor 'to part company'

Presenter Marc Batchelor is "unlikely" to grace SuperSport screens again after his alleged involvement in a fight.

"The bottom line is that Marc has been involved in a number of inappropriate incidents and, quite honestly... he cannot be seen to conduct himself in that way," SuperSport's Vaughn Bishop said on Wednesday.

"It seems Marc's private life and his professional life are not mixing well... Unfortunately, it is unlikely that he will be appearing on SuperSport again."

Bishop confirmed that Batchelor had been taken off air after gym instructor Ivor Josephs identified him as one of four men who had assaulted him on Saturday night.

"We've had calls from viewers asking how we can have Marc on our channel (given the allegations)," Bishop said.

"We respect him as an analyst and we have stood by him in the past... but this time it seems that he has stepped over the mark," he said.

The former Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs striker's alleged bad behaviour was compromising the values of the SuperSport brand, Bishop said.

Meanwhile, it is unclear whether Batchelor's accuser will open a case against him.

Josephs has identified him as "one of the first" of a group of "four big guys" to attack him on Saturday, after he and his friends had eaten at the Bottega restaurant in Parkhurst.

"They had knuckledusters and boots on," he told 702 Eyewitness News.

Josephs - who was left with a split right eyelid, bruised left eye and broken facial bones - said he had passed out during the attack and woke up in hospital.