A Spanish boxer has apologized after being affected by an explosive in a cinema. This weekend, Antonio Barrul, a six-time national amateur champion before turning pro last year, attended a screening of the movie Garfield with his wife and son in León.
But his climb turned sour after Barrul confronted another boy, dissatisfied with the way his fellow spectator treated his own partner. A video posted on social media shows the 25-year-old getting out of his seat and walking through several rows to chat. with the boy, before unleashing a flurry of blows and knocking him to the ground.
On Monday, the super bantamweight fighter spoke to Radioestadio Noche to express his regret for behaving in this way, but also asked why the altercation turned violent. “It was all chaos and disaster,” he said, before describing how the two men had words. from a distance before meeting face to face.
“He started threatening me and things got worse until I made the decision to go down (where he was sitting). I couldn’t and what you see in the video happened.
Barrul expressed regret for his reaction and insisted that he apologized to other viewers and the film crew, and that he would take action if he faced the same stage again. “I apologize in the cinema and publicly because those photographs do not make me proud,” he added.
“What is shown in this video corresponds to who I am. He would check it (if the same thing happened again) so that security would come and take him away. If security had intervened in time, many things may have been avoided. “.
Barrul’s first bout took place in March 2023, achieving a unanimous resolution against Stefan Nicolae. He proved it with 3 more victories before the end of the year and in March 2024 he faced Bulgarian fighter Yanko Naydenov.
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He duly put on his ultimate display of dynamism to date in Leon, knocking his opponent down three times in the first round. That brought his professional record to 5-0, even though none of his fights took place outside of his home team, Spain.
Since then, his moves in film have divided opinion, with some boxing enthusiasts praising him for standing up to the individual. However, she also criticized him for worrying about ugly scenes, given that several families were in attendance.
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