That's right. Twenty-nine year-old Elliot Seymour, the "half his age" who was knocked down by Rourke's soft jabs and flimsy right in the second-round, is a homeless drifter was paid to fly to Russia to make the actor "look good," according to MailOnline.
Seymour, who was noticeably 33 years younger than the Hollywood actor and went down in an exaggerated heap, was "paid to throw the fight," he claims.
And since Rourke's Botox-tweaked face looked harder than the actor's creaky punches, the scenario is more than believable.
After Rourke's victory, he celebrated by carrying his trainer Marvin Somodio on his shoulders and parading him around the ring. Somodio is Freddy Roach's assistant at Wild Card — a gym where Seymour (now 1-10 as a pro) also trains.
"It was clearly a fixed fight. The whole bouncing off the ropes, hands down, punches were not landing and they were intentionally hitting each other’s gloves," said a source close to Seymour.
"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.
"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.
"I’d be surprised if they didn’t know something about his situation but they have decided to put him in the ring against Mickey Rourke"
The source, who asked not to be named, spoke out because they are worried Seymour has mental health issues and has been exploited by the the fight's organizers.
"All these headlines Mickey Rourke beat someone half his age… yeah he did but you’re not telling them the real story," said the insider. "The real story is he’s homeless and desperate and he will probably go back to living on the streets when he gets back. People have no clue about that."
Give Rourke credit for getting into the ring ... but come on.
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