The man Ben Stokes knocked out in a drunken, late-night brawl last week is a former soldier who served in Afghanistan, according to the Telegraph in the UK.
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Stokes' cricketing future hangs in the balance after the fight was caught on camera.
The all-rounder and fellow English cricketer Alex Hales have both been suspended.
The man who Stokes punched, Ryan Hale, served in Afghanistan in the British army.
"[Ryan Hale is] a loving dad and a proper family man. He's got a little boy … he wouldn't instigate a fight," a relative said.
"He's a trained soldier, he's been to Afghanistan, he knows better than that. But he knows how to handle himself.
"It's quite shocking. I don't think he's said much to anybody. You wouldn't expect that kind of behaviour."