A Kuwaiti/Irish boxer named Mohammed Fadel Dabbous has been shown in what appears to be a scene from a kung-fu movie as he fights off 15 men in Turkey. Gazetevatan in Turkey reports that Dabbous had been staying in hotel in Istanbul recently.
The network adds that the fight began when Dabbous opened a fridge to get a bottle of water and unwittingly causes a bunch of bottles to fall out. This can be seen at the end of the clip. He refuses to help pick them up which starts the brawl. Another news show in Turkey, Today’s Zaman, described the scene like this:
As soon as he realized that he needs to fight back, the tourist put his sunglasses on his head and positioned himself as if he was on a ring ready to fight against his rival. He started putting down a mob of shopkeepers one by one. One of them could hardly walk after taking a hit on the face.
Turkish historian Candan Dadem tweeted about the incident saying:
Irish tourist (a boxer) who beat up a herd of shopkeeper jackals in Istanbul has gained much sympathy from many Turks, including me.
Despite the Turkish description of Dabbous as a “boxer,” the Boxing Union of Ireland told the Daily Mirror
“There is no licensed boxer by that name.”
The clip has spread across the world with one female viewer even offering to marry the bruiser:
Will you marry me Mohammed Fadel Dobbous?
Reports from Turkey indicate that the men who were trying for fight Dobbous are other local shop keepers from Istanbul’s Aksaray neighborhood, an area more commonly renowned for its sex trafficking than Street Fighter scenes.