I just saw a BBC interview with Mickey Rourke where he was talking about when he fought as a pro boxer. He said when he retired from boxing in 1994 he was 3 fights away from a shot at the WBO Cruiserweight world title but the doctors told him not to fight anymore as he was experiencing memory loss and would get irepairable damage if he fought on! I checked him out on boxrec and he only had a record of 6 wins (4KOs) 2 draws and 0 losses so how could he have been that close to a WBO title shot with so few fights? Does anyone remember him in his pro boxing days? Was he any good? If Mickey is telling the truth about his title shot he probably would have faced Nestor Giovannini who was champion till December 1994 or Ralf Rocchigiani who was champion from 10 June 1995 to 4 October 1997. Dariusz Michalczewski held that title from 17 December 1994 to january 1 1995 after beating Nestor Giovannini but opted to return to Light Heavyweight instead of defending it. Would he have stood a chance of winning or was he crap like several celebrities in the interview/documentary I saw?
Documentary was called "The Dark Side of Fame With Piers Morgan".
Documentary was called "The Dark Side of Fame With Piers Morgan".
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