The mass brawl saw multiple arrests and millions of views online, although local police were keen to deny that there was any racial angle to the violence that ensued The scrap went massively viral online (Image: Christa Owen/ABC NEWS)

Montgomery, Alabama is celebrating two years since the quiet riverfront town made worldwide news as the setting for a massive viral mass brawl. ‌

Video footage , viewed millions of times, showed the world a shocking incident in which a mob of boaters set about battering a riverboat captain in front of hordes of shocked onlookers. ‌

In scenes that could have been straight out of the WWE , scores of combatants exchanged punches, kicks and slaps, and at one point a chair is smashed against somebody's head. ‌

The flashpoint of the incident c

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