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Meet The Other Brad Pitt: 2008 Beijing Olympics Boxer

 
BEIJING, China -- Brad Pitt may have played a bruiser in "Fight Club," but another Brad Pitt doesn't just play a boxer, he is one. And he's competing for Australian in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Though the former painter, who quit working on walls to train for the games, has a rather famous moniker, he has never thought about changing it to prevent confusion. "I've always been Brad," the Australian Olympic boxing team member told Sydney's The Daily Telegraph. "Let him change his name." (link)

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