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This is the moment a brawl broke out that led to an amateur boxer being stabbed in the face while on a night out with his girlfriend.
Caoimhín Hynes, 20, was attacked in Donegall Place, Belfast, and has undergone surgery in hospital on his facial wounds.
Witnesses claimed he and his partner were threatened by a group of men at a nearby McDonald's, with the footage showing Mr Hynes pushing away one man while others gather around him.
He was later stabbed and rushed to hospital with a wound 'just an inch away from an artery' in his neck.
Mr Hynes is a middleweight boxer at Holy Trinity Boxing Club in Belfast and recently won an international competition in Paris.
The attack happened in the early hours of Monday and following the surgery Mr Hynes said he hopes to be released tomorrow.
Writing on Facebook, he said: 'I am blessed!! very lucky guy to still be alive, any lower and things could have been a lot different.
'What a long day this has been, very lucky too have unreal friends, family and definitely girlfriend.'
Mr Hynes added: 'It [the wound] only got stitched up looks a lot better now than then (sic), only really hitting me now how much things could of been different and how It (sic) could be a wake everyone could of been going to and not the hospital to see me, would never want to put my family girlfriend and friends through this again so much hassle and stress.
'I PROMISE il (sic) be back better than ever in terms of boxing wise, this is only a little crack in my road to success!!'
His brother Eoaghan Junior told the Belfast Telegraph: 'We are heartbroken because we aren't used to seeing our brother or anyone around us in this condition, but I hope justice is served and the police find out who this was.
'People have been killed by this kind of crime.'
Tributes have poured in from the boxing community, including Belfast-based professional boxer Carl Frampton, a former two-time super-bantamweight world champion, who tweeted: 'Disgraceful and disgusting. Hope he'll be back to doing what he does best soon.'
Meanwhile Holy Trinity club coach Michael Hawkins told the BBC Mr Hynes received a 'four or five inch wound' that was 'just an inch away from an artery'.
He said: 'He is not too bad. It is just a shock to the system. He went out for a night last night, he doesn't drink, he doesn't do anything else. He is a good lad. All the kids look up to him in the club. He has a great personality.
'He got into a bit of an altercation in Belfast, it's not the done thing, for it to finish how it did, we could have been in a really, really bad place today.'
Mr Hawkins added Mr Hynes's family had allowed pictures of his injuries to be shared on social media to raise awareness of 'how something can turn nasty'.
Police are investigating the incident and have appealed for witnesses.