Rourke, 62, will appear on the ring 20 years after hanging up his gloves in a five-round match versus the 29-year old American boxer Elliott Seymour at the Rossiya concert hall in downtown Moscow.
Rourke, who received a Golden Globe award in 2008 for starring in the Wrestler, won his first boxing match at the age of 12. In 1991-1994 her won six out of eight bouts as a professional boxer.
The actor is being coached by Freddie Roach who has coached Oscar De La Hoya and Mike Tyson.