IMHO, to fight or to battle but not to brawl. A brawl is a noisy, petty disagreement, often in a public place such as a bar, and involving drunk individuals: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/brawl Unless you wanted to say that e.g. two kids/drunk youngsters both wanted to sit on a throne in a museum (a fancy chair) and they had a brawl about it I hope this helps Jo.