I agree it's real. The stupidest statement award goes to Chicken:
No, I'd smack out a bloke, and leave his mate standing there ready to attack me/jump me from behind at his whim because I've just floored his mate.So you'd beat up their friend too? He didn't even have anything to do with it.
Without trying to act/sound the big man, I've been in a fair few fights, and am confident I can look after myself (my boxing training helped with that belief) and if I have to attack a person within a group, I always go for the biggest and the second he's down, start swinging at whoever is closest.
9/10 the rest will panic and run.