Originally Posted by: chucklivesoninmyheartfrom the linked report "Young grabbed the boy's 14-year-old friend and punched him in the mouth, knocking out a tooth, Jones said".

Had he succeeded in beating them all to the point where they would have retreated or posed no threat,guess who would be doing time?

No one. He could claim self defense after the other boys attacked him.
He might get a fine for punching the one kid initially, but he wouldn't be doing hard time.