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Oct. 20, 2017 / 1:51 PM

Australian man fells tree with barrage of bare-knuckle punches

Oct. 20 (UPI) -- A man at an Australian ranch was filmed showing off an unusual method of felling a tree -- with bare-knuckle punches.

A video filmed last week at the Alpha-Daisy ranch in Queensland shows the man practicing his boxing moves on a banana tree.

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The man's rapid punches slowly start to tear away pieces of the tree, until it finally falls over.

"He's bleedin'," an onlooker remarks as the man casually walks away from his handiwork.

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