🥊On May 23, 1991 actor Mickey Rourke won his first professional boxing match, a 4th Round unanimous decision over Steve Powell at the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. At age 12, Rourke won his first boxing match as a 112-pound flyweight, fighting some of his early matches under the name Phil Rourke. From 1964 to 1973, Rourke compiled an amateur boxing record of 27 wins (including 12 straight knockouts) and 3 defeats. In 8 professional bouts, Rourke would go 6 wins (4 knockou