The other man goes 0 to 60 in less than half a second and Albert doesn't even have time to swear before reacting. Logically, he should duck out of the way, and he sort of does, juking his head to the side just in case, but in tandem his own right arm comes up to block, slanted to sent the punch's energy dispersing instead of reverberating through his arm.

Blow averted, though smarting, Albert turns in towards Bucky a little, sending his left elbow towards the other man's ribs under the arm with which he'd thrown the punch.