Actor Mickey Rourke wins first boxing bout in 20 years

Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke made a return to the boxing ring today aged 62, defeating an opponent less than half his age.

Rourke sent 29-year-old Elliot Seymour - a former California Golden Gloves chamion - to the canvas twice in the second round during the exhibition bout at a Moscow concert hall.

The bout was the Iron Man 2 and Sin City actor's first fight in 20 years.

He 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".