Mickey Rourke returned to the boxing ring today (yes, that Mickey Rourke) at the age of 62 and defeated a 29-year-old.
The Hollywood actor sent Elliot Seymour, former California Golden Gloves champion with a 1-9 professional record, to the canvas twice in the second round before the referee stopped the fight. The exhibition bout at a Moscow concert hall was Rourke’s first fight in 20 years.
The Sin City and The Wrestler star took a break from acting in the early 1990s, finishing a three-year pro boxing career with six wins and two draws. Rourke refused to go into detail about his motivations for returning to the ring but told Russian TV that boxing had “sort of saved me from myself.”
It’s fair to say everyone is shocked but impressed.
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