A Bellambi man egged on his friend to repeatedly punch a man in the face in another incidence of violence in Wollongong's CBD, a court heard yesterday.Michael Evans, 21, urged co-offender Joseph Robinson to "just hit" the male victim as the pair approached him on Crown St after a boozy night out, facts before Wollongong Local Court said.Robinson challenged the victim and his friends to a fight shortly after 11.30pm on February 24, allegedly saying, "I am going to count to three and I am going to start punching you."As the victim began to back away, Evans repeatedly encouraged his friend to hit him before Robinson punched the man in the face at least four times.Evans threw a number of punches but none of them made contact, the court heard.The pair had earlier been drinking at several licensed establishments and police described them as "moderately to well affected" by alcohol, the facts said.Evans yesterday pleaded guilty to affray and common assault.Defence barrister Matthew Barnes told the court Evans had not landed an actual punch on the victim but admitted to egging on Robinson.Mr Barnes said the assault may have been fuelled by racial taunts, which Robinson assumed had been uttered by the male victim.When Robinson had later recognised the victim and realised he was not the person taunting him, he became friendly, attempting to shake the man's hand. Mr Barnes said Evans was heavily intoxicated at the time but had no history of violence. His client had been working as a painter for five years, was co-operative with police and had previously complied with court orders.Magistrate Darryl Pearce noted there was a prevalence of alcohol-fuelled violence in the CBD."[People seem to] take the law into their own hands ...," he said."The community should be able to walk the streets at night without encountering violence."Magistrate Pearce said Evans had a problem with alcohol, which needed to be addressed.Evans was fined $1000, placed on a 15-month good behaviour bond and ordered to undergo counselling.