Shocking moment as a man is beaten cold on city street by a woman he confused to be a prostitute

Russia: Kondrat Golubev, 32, was also kicked in the groin as he lay on the ground after trying to solicit sex from the woman and her pal - mistaking them for prostitutes.

Golubev had been clubbing with friends in the city of Atyrau in eastern Kazakhstan, when he went outside for a cigarette and spotted the two girls.

Feeling frisky he approached them and asked them how much they charged.

Club-goer Anatoli Pokrovski, 36, who witnessed the argument said: "I was outside waiting for my girlfriend who was getting her coat when I saw an argument break out between the man and two women.

"He obviously thought that he was in with a chance, as he tried to ask them for a drink, and when they told him to get lost, he decided to insult them by asking of they were prostitutes and how much it would cost.

"The women were clearly offended but I don't think he ever expected what happened next, even though the woman really telegraphed the punch. She hit him so hard he fell flat on the pavement.

Mr Pokrovski said the two women then walked off "as if nothing had happened."

"It was pretty shocking really, but what a punch," he said.

A police spokesman said: "We have seen the video and believe the woman who threw the punch is trained in some form of martial arts.

"We don’t think she is a boxer because of the way her thumb extends over the top of her index finger.

"But the force behind that punch was so great we suspect this is not the first time she has hit something hard."

The man was taken to hospital where doctors said he was suffering from concussion.