A recently resurfaced video capturing a man delivering a powerful punch to a drunken individual who groped his wife has gone viral, igniting a heated discussion regarding the appropriateness of his reaction in defending his wife’s honor.

The security footage, believed to be at least a year old, shows a married couple preparing to play pool in a nearly empty bar.

While the husband is focused on arranging the pool balls, his wife, standing at the opposite end of the table, is approached by an evidently intoxicated man. Dressed in a red polo shirt and torn jeans, the man appears to grab her inappropriately before she manages to push him away.

Witnessing the incident, the husband quickly springs into action, charging at the intoxicated man and delivering a powerful punch to his face.

The impact of the blow sends the smaller man tumbling to the ground.

In an attempt to intervene before the punch was thrown, the wife stepped between the two, but the angered husband inadvertently brushed her aside, causing a pool cue to hit her face. Concerned, she immediately checked her cheek for any injury.

Moments later, a member of the bar staff, possibly a bouncer, walked over to the husband and gestured that he had to leave.

The video has drawn a range of opinions online, from supporters who said they’d have done the same thing to detractors saying the husband took things too far.

“A haymaker against an inebriated opponent of much smaller stature? Nope. You confront the guy, you make him apologize, and you tell him to go home and sober up after he does. This is low-t behavior,” one X user wrote.

“This is how u end up in jail…some things just aren’t worth it imo…,” opined another.

“The dude is very insecure, even his woman tried to stop him, what if the other dude was bigger and stronger and sober??” a woman poster asked.

There were also plenty of commenters who thought the hubby was just defending his wife against unwanted contact from a stranger.

“That was a solid hit. Guess he will think twice before grabbing a woman again,” a supportive poster wrote.

“This is how a man handles business… This drunk idiot learned the hard way,” said another commenter who felt the lush got what he deserved.

“And since when does a guy grabbing a woman’s ass out of the blue not rate a fist to the jaw?” asked one responder surprised at the split opinion about the incident.

Some pointed out that a punch of that ferocity, or a collision of the man’s head with the barroom floor, could have turned fatal.

“Dude deserves it, but that punch could have killed him and it would be better to not go to prison for murder.”

None of the people involved in the incident have been identified. It was not immediately known if any charges were filed or where the bar was located.