Mickey Rourke's Boxing Win In Russia 'Fixed,' Opponent A Mentally Ill Homeless Person

Mickey Rourke returned to boxing after 20 years and his first win happened in Moscow, Russia. The 62-year-old defeated California Golden Gloves champion 29-year-old Elliot Seymour on Friday, Nov. 29. However, an exclusive report from Mail Online claims the actor's fight was rigged and worse his opponent is said to be mentally ill and living on the streets.

Mail Online claims Mickey Rourke's fight in Russia was actually fixed. His opponent, Elliot Seymour, was reportedly paid to fly to the country and fight the 62-year-old to make him look good. A source close to the 29-year-old's family revealed that "it was clearly a fixed fight" including "the whole bouncing off the ropes, hands down punches were not landing and they were intentionally hitting each other's gloves."

"There are people at Wild Card gym who know that Elliot's in a really terrible situation and pretty much living on the streets, these are Mickey Rourke's people who Elliot's been around and known for some time," the source said in an exclusive interview with Mail Online.

"I think it was just an ideal situation where Elliot has a title, he's desperate and clearly his boxing career isn't going anywhere and he's pretty much living on the streets, so for him it's a win because he gets off the streets for a while," the source added.

Additionally, the family source revealed text messages believed to be from Seymour's friend, who helped organise the boxer's passport for his flight to Russia. His mental stability was even questioned, but the latter claimed he would be fine since he'd be with "movie people."

According to the unnamed family source, Seymour developed mental issues following the fall of his boxing career years ago when he turned professional. He allegedly started having problems with "anger issues and became rude and volatile" that his family had to request for a restraining order against him. The source claims he has been living on the streets for 18 months since May 2013. Seymour himself writes about being homeless on his Facebook page and frequents Pasadena's Starbucks, where the manager confirmed he is homeless.

Mickey Rourke has reportedly been training boxing at the Wild Card gym with its owner Freddie Roach, where Elliot Seymour also used to train. A source at the gym told Mail Online that the Russia "fight was a joke" and that Seymour is a "professional opponent," meaning he gets paid to lose. The source even thinks it's "kind of embarrassing" on the actor's part since he "punches so slow" that even an infant could avoid his hits. Additionally, Seymour's friend even confirmed to the family source that the fight with Mickey Rourke was fixed. Seymour was reportedly told to throw the fight so he could get home safely after getting paid. He was initially asked to be taken down on the fourth round. However, according to New York Daily News, Seymour was defeated by knockout on the second round.

It's believed Mickey Rourke did the boxing fight with Elliot Seymour for the money. However, for the latter, his mother believes he tried to redeem himself and didn't think the fight was fixed. Mrs. Seymour told Mail Online that her son is a "prideful person" and didn't think he was paid to lose. Mickey Rourke's representative has yet to comment regarding the actor's fixed fight with Elliot Seymour.

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