A wannabe boxer has been caught in the act as he punched and kicked a town centre business' sign before tearing it off a wall.

CCTV footage of the man vandalising the board outside the offices for Ducron Construction Ltd in Mortimer Street, Herne Bay, has been shared online.

Man caught on camera fighting a sign

While the firm has not reported the bizarre bout, which took place between 10pm and midnight yesterday, to the police, it hopes the video will "shame" the miscreant.

The budding Anthony Joshua is seen squaring up to the board and bobbing his head from side to side.

He then jabs with his left before throwing a right - and then suddenly boots the sign.

The fighter drops his shoulder again and launches a flurry with his fists, followed by another kick which sends him staggering backwards.

Finally, he grabs the hoarding with both hands and rips it off and calmly strolls away.

An employee said: "He's just a strange person who walked down the road, saw the sign, did a bit of boxing and then ripped the sign off the wall.

"Who punches a wall? He was doing all of his fancy moves and high kicks.

"It was a ridiculous thing to do. He's probably woken up with swollen hands and may not even remember what he did."

She also says the man is not known to staff at the building firm, which provides services for commercial sites in the capital.

Company bosses expect to have to fork out as much as £100 to replace the damaged sign.

The employee says nothing like this has ever happened to the firm before.

"It's stupid vandalism," she added.

"It was completely out of the blue. We have no history with this person.

"We've released the video to shame him and so that people could see him for the fool that he is."

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