Shameless: Video of gypsy style bare knuckle fight in packed shopping centre goes viral online



Shoppers look on in horror as fight breaks out close to cinema queue



Footage of bare knuckle brawl attracts more than 50,000 YouTube hits

Greater Manchester Police investigated incident and made two arrests



One of Britain's busiest shopping centres was the scene of a gypsy-style bare knuckle fight captured on camera as shoppers looked on.



The pair began, what appears to be an illegally planned boxing bout in Manchester's Trafford Centre, while a friend filmed it on a mobile phone.



YouTube footage, which has gone viral after being filmed in April, shows shocked cinema-goers jumping for cover as the fight spilled towards them.

The fight takes place in the Trafford Centre, a busy shopping centre in Manchester, in front of horrified shoppers and cinema goers

A voice on the film is heard shouting 'Sing Danny Boy - Hit him' as the fight reaches its peak.



Four uniformed security staff eventually break up the fight, and one of the pair is seen bleeding from a head wound.



The footage was uploaded under the title Official Bareknuckles, and has been viewed 52,000 times.



The footage shows the two men going head to head, while shoppers and cinema goers mill around

The shocking video was uploaded to YouTube and has attracted 52,000 views

People queuing to go to the Trafford Centre's Odeon Cinema are seen looking on in horror as the fight gathers pace

Cinema goers steer clear of the fight which is believed to be an illegal bareknuckle boxing bout

One viewer posted: 'People see moronic s**t like this in England and then the English get a bad reputation. Thanks a lot you inbred cretins.'



Fighting like this is is typical of a gypsy-style straightener, arranged to settle petty disputes.



And this is not the first time that a fight of this kind has been filmed in Manchester.



As the fight gathers momentum the men are seen holding each other by the clothes

Shoppers look on as the men trade punches at the Trafford Shopping Centre in Manchester

The men get perilously close to people queuing for the cinema during the illegal brawl

In 2011 Celebrity Big Brother winner Paddy Doherty, 52, had his ear bitten off in a bare-knuckle street brawl outside a PC World store.



The fight was uploaded to YouTube and showed the star, who found fame on Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, grappling with his cousin Johnny Joyce, 21.



Greater Manchester Police confirmed that they were called about this Trafford Centre incident on April 21.

Two men were arrested on suspicion of affray. One of the men has since been given a £110 fine and the other was given a six-month referral order. Both men were also ordered to pay £85 in costs.

The friend filming the fight is heard egging the pair on throughout

One of the fighters looks frightened as the other appears to punch him in the ribs

A spokesman for Intu, which owns the shopping centre, said: 'We do not tolerate any form of violence within the centre.



'The safety of our shoppers and staff is our number one priority and we called the police as soon as we were made aware of this incident.'