To be fair to rourke, while not in the class of the guys mentioned, he was a professional fighter (here is his record http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=029155&cat=boxer). If i Recall properly there was some question marks on his opponents and his career was criticised at the time, but both guys have probably sparred worse fighers in their time.
Does anyone have a link to the vid or stills? The links posted arn't working...would love to see this, it's always funny when 'tough' hollywood actors exp. the real thing and get made ****.
Rourke's pro' career was supposedly manafactured as well. Didn't James Toney spark him in training as well?
I read in a rourke interview in fhm i believe that he was knocked out while sparring with tommy hearns, he said it was the hardest punch he ever took in his life and was vomiting days after