Croatia’s Vido Loncar sparked outrageous scenes at the European Youth Boxing Championships when he launched a vicious assault on the referee after losing his bout in Zagreb.

Loncar, clearly unimpressed at the referee’s decision to award to bout to his opponent Algirdas Baniulis of Lithuania, vented his fury by attacking the official, knocking him to the ground before continuing his assault with a flurry of punches.

Baniulis quickly fled the scene while Loncar had to be dragged from the ring by his ankles before the referee was eventually helped to his feet.