"I'd have 'intervened' as well. With relish."
Beating up on women your speed? How about four 6'2" ex cons?
Bring it.
I don't care who they are/were.
If they were beating up on a woman in a Target store I would not hesitate to grab any hard object at my disposal and cleave the skull of at least two of them right off the bat.
I'm 6' 4" and 259 lbs. and have tussled with ex-cons before. No worries.