Commonwealth Games briefs

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2006

MELBOURNE (AFP) — The second day of the Commonwealth Games will be featuring:

Brad Pitt gets thumped

Brad Pitt is preparing to climb into the boxing ring to trade blows with English heavyweight Daniel Price.

"He's got the fight to beat anyone. he can be very awkward, said Pitt's coach Mick Daly.

The Pitt in question though isn't the Hollywood superstar now hooked up with Angelina Jolie but an Australian boxer going by the same name.

The Aussie Pitt wasn't available to say whether his name worked for or against him, but he'll be out to stamp his own mark at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre.

The movie star Pitt also knows a thing or two about boxing -- he starred as a bare knuckle fighter in the Hollywood flick Fight Club.

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