I had a very similar thing happen to me last month. I thought I was getting a standard right hook, which increases the blood pressure plenty. But I'm pretty sure the guy tried to force me to the curb with a right hook, because when I started sprinting around him to the left, he took off straight. If he had tried to left hook me then there would have been a problem. This is on a one way residential street with parking on both sides, and it's just narrow enough that getting doored is a real possibility if you don't take the lane. It's one block up from the main drag, so I always figure if people are in a hurry they ought to just go up a block and go nuts.