The Spanish boxer Antonio Barrul He starred in a shocking episode over the weekend at a cinema in the city of León, where he had gone to watch a children’s movie with his partner and two children. The athlete was involved in an event that went viral when tried to stop a man who, according to local media, was mistreating his companion inside the room.
As could be seen in one of the films they shared through social networks, the boxer He went down the stairs to ask her to leave the room., reproaching him for his attitude. However, the subject, far from leaving the place, began to insult and provoke in an intimidating manner. Although at first he tried to calm him down, following the multiple insults and constant threats, His momentum led him to get into a fighting position. Seeing that the same thing happened on the other side, Barrul began to throw one blow after another until he managed to knock him down in a matter of seconds.
“Well done, well done”, could be heard repeatedly from behind the camera that was filming the scene, endorsing the beating that the young man in the black jacket and white t-shirt was receiving. Barrul has 25 years and went champion of Spain in featherweight on six occasions at amateur levelin addition to accounting five wins as a professional boxer since its debut in 2023.
Afterwards, the boxer went back up the stairs and He took advantage of the filming to apologize to those present and to the children for what they had just witnessed: “I am very sorry, I really am. I have children and it really hurts me. I’m sorry”. The children’s movie was playing in the living room. Garfield.
Hours later, Barrul himself shared a video that was spread through social networks in which He fully explained what happened in the room.
“I went with my wife and two children to see a movie and there was a couple with a child. A man who is too violent against his wife. He had threats towards her, she tried to separate him from her but he continued. Half an hour into the movie he got up and He grabbed his wife by the neck; he shook herthe people got up and in the struggle he hit a girl. Then I couldn’t contain myself anymore. I got up and told him to leave, that what he was doing in front of the children was not normal, then he went crazy and attacked me. “He started to threaten me, he started to insult me,” he began his explanation.
And I add: “I tried to control myself because my wife was crying; She grabbed my arm and told me to sit down. I sat down and he went down to the movie screen. From there he began to insult me and threaten me in a very big way. I went down to tell him to leave, and I told the people at the cinema to call security to go after him, but he didn’t stop threatening. Then an impulse came over me, I thought: ‘He hit a woman, he hit a girl, my wife and my children crying.’ He had exposed me in front of all of them with his provocations. I got to a point where I couldn’t hold back anymore and I went for him, because An abuser should not be allowed to overdo it at any time. “I am 100% against gender violence.”
As a result of the impact generated by the violent episode, the vice president of the Young Women Federation, Rachel Perezwas consulted about the case and, although she understood that it was an “impulse,” she acknowledged that Violence “is not the solution to a structural problem.”
From the world of boxing, meanwhile, they showed their support for Barrul. “Stopping a madman like that is totally justifiable,” he said. Arantxa LorenzoPresident of the Boxing Federation of Castilla y León in dialogue with Radio Brandand also made it clear that, “Antonio’s license is not in any danger. He is not going to be punished.”
“We consider that it would be unfair to sanction him because in the environment in which it occurs, in a cinema, with his family, full of children and being scolded and insulted, it is something that can occur, although We are talking about a super disciplined athlete, family, who has never participated in any altercation and who has been immersed in a situation in which he had to react,” he added in an interview with EFE.
“As a federal official and as a woman My feeling is gratitude and support. I wish other women who unfortunately may find themselves in that same situation could find a boxer like Antonio helping them,” she stated in the Leon’s Diary.
Antonio Barrul was selected as the Best Newcomer of 2023 by Espabox and he was going to get into the ring on May 25 with the aim of being able to fight for the Spanish Championship. In his last presentation, corresponding to March 16, 2024, he took the victory by technical knockout against Yanko Naydenov. According to the newspaper The Spanishin his career – including his amateur side – he recorded 101 victories (24 KO) in 119 appearances.
