You cannot choose in a critical situation: I see no reason to be hit first so I freshened him up a little.
nigga said he freshened him up a little bit, i lol'd
Any Russian speaker will tell you that he did NOT say, "want to punch someone" in the context he said "Want to punch [him] in the face", he simply didn't say "him".
The guy doing the punching lived in Moscow and grew up facing similar situations. In the interview he said something along the lines of: "you are very lucky when a hoodlum makes a move which tells you that you're about to get punched, in this case the threat was pretty clear".
Did the right thing imo
Girl slaps boy, boy slaps back and the TV show organizers jump beat the boy.
This is from an Indian TV show I guess
Dadagiri Slap Controversy Video Uncensored - YouTube