Mickey Rourke to return to boxing in Moscow

MOSCOW, November 25. /TASS/. Hollywood star Mickey Rourke has lost 15 kilos ahead of his boxing match in Moscow set for November 28, the actor said on Tuesday. 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. Read more