A man chased and fought three alleged thieves on Boxing Day while dressed in just a t-shirt and underpants.

CCTV captured the moment Steve Middleton, 50, grabbed one of the youths by the shirt as they ran away from a property on the Gold Coast, Australia.

Four men were seen in the video trying to escape and fight off Steve, who were attempting to ‘go through’ cars parked outside.

Steve told the Gold Cost Bulletin: ‘I woke up and saw someone going through the car through the curtains. I just assumed it was my daughter’s partner.

‘Then I saw another head pop up on the other side, going through the other car. I was like “Oh s***, we’re being robbed”.

‘I was naked, so I quickly threw some jocks on and ran outside.’

One of the others tried hitting him with a bat during the attempted robbery.

The dad-of-two also said he was cut during the fight.

Steve Middleton was naked when he noticed the four youths trying to ‘go through’ his car (Picture: Gold Coast Bulletin)

‘Old mate gave me a little nick with his knife,’ he said.

‘The other old mate was swinging at me with a baseball bat, so I was just using this little fella as my shield.

‘It’s just something I didn’t expect to wake up to and rip into.’

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The man fought off four youths who tried to hit him with a baseball hat.