A drunken thug attacked two pub customers and threw a "huge boulder" at one of them, a court heard.
Both male victims received injuries during the assaults by Aaron Geoffrey Norris, at the Three Crowns, in Whitwick, Coalville.
One victim was repeatedly attacked, even after he fell to the ground, said Victoria Rose, prosecuting at Leicester Crown Court.
Norris, of Bradgate Drive, Coalville, was given a 15 month jail sentence, suspended for two years, with supervision.
Norris, 31, admitted common assault and causing actual bodily harm.
Miss Rose said that on April 13 the two victims saw an argument break and when one tried to intervene the defendant punched him in the face, causing a bloody nose and swelling.
The victim's friend stood between them and the defendant swore and threatened to kill him.
He punched the friend on his head, but was led away.
Miss Rose said: "The defendant went back and punched him several times, before being pulled away again.
"The defendant then picked up an enormous boulder and threw it in his (the second victim's) direction.
"He put up his arm and deflected it, but went to the ground.
"The defendant then rained punches upon him, on the floor.
"Fortunately he suffered relatively minor injuries; several lumps on his head and a grazed arm."
Judge Nicholas Dean QC told Norris: "You behaved disgracefully, like a thug.
"Your previous record demonstrates you've behaved in this way on a number of previous occasions.
"For a man of your age one can be forgiven for wondering whether you will actually change your ways.
"However there's a glimmer you're finally realising if you carry on in this way your life will consist of repeated terms of imprisonment.
"You've expressed remorse and it seems genuine.
"You've found and kept work since these offences.
"Sending you to prison today is more likely to punish your family than you.
"You might like to wonder what example you're setting your six-year-old son."
Justine Robinson, mitigating, said: "His recollection of the incident isn't the best but he's full of remorse.
"He was heavily drunk.
"He's a family man who had some difficulties at the time, which are now resolved, and it's six years since his last offence for causing actual bodily harm."
