Mickey Rourke wins boxing match in Moscow after twenty-year break
Mickey Rourke returned to the boxing ring in a match in Moscow on November 28, defeating Elliott Seymour
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Hollywood star Mickey Rourke wins on return to boxing ring in a match at the Rossiya concert hall in downtown Moscow, November 28
© EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV Rourke, 62 won in the second round against 29-year old American boxer Elliott Seymour
© EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV It was the first professional boxing match for him since 1994
© EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV "Boxing is a serious part of my life,” Rourke was quoted as saying. “It taught me respect and determination, patience and concentration. I always dreamed of fighting a match in Russia."
© EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV Mickey Rourke received a Golden Globe award in 2008 for starring in the Wrestler. Photo: Mickey Rourke and Elliot Seymour shake hands at an official weigh-in ceremony ahead of a boxing match, November 28, 2014
© Valery Sharifulin/TASS Rourke said he had lost 15 kilos ahead of this boxing match. Photo: American actor and boxer Mickey Rourke at an official weigh-in ceremony ahead of a boxing match against Elliot Seymour
© Valery Sharifulin/TASS He won his first boxing match at the age of 12
© Sergei Savostyanov/TASS In 1991-1994 Mickey Rourke won six out of eight bouts as a professional boxer
© Valery Sharifulin/TASS The actor is being coached by Freddie Roach who has coached Oscar De La Hoya and Mike Tyson
© Sergei Savostyanov/TASS Photo: Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke during an open boxing training session
© Sergei Savostyanov/TASS