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The boys are back in the studio jamming boxing and….the battle for love!) Jay Jay Roca takes the wheel to tell us more about social media influencer Jordan Semi who on debut takes on a Queensland Origin Legend, Justin Hodges. Simi shows massive heart on just eight days’ notice but there’s more to this fight, it’s a battle for love and Mark ‘Kittens’ Warren is intrigued and or confused with the storyline!)
We look at the white hot lightweight division with a look at a measured extremely measured article by Ring Magazine panellist Michael Montero. The new king is Devin Haney, but Montero has Ferocious George Kambosos Junior still at No 1 contender in front of the likes of Teofimo Lopez, Vasiliy Lomachenko,’The Tank’ Gevonta Davis and Ryan Garcia. His reasoning is balanced and to the point, for now!
Justis Huni is special, just off his beatdown of Joseph Goodall just how far can he go with lightening hands for a Heavyweight. Can he win a World title? Speaking of special,The Sweet Pea, Paulo Aokuso. Hello! Wow! Oh yeah, he wants a World Title inside 7 pay for pay and we’ll tell you why, we’re not sure how long it will take, but Aokuso is super talented on all levels and a great team in his corner.
Kostya Tszyu took the pro ranks by storm capturing the IBF Junior Welterweight crown from Mexican Jake ‘The Snake Rodriguez’ in January of 1995. Twenty seven years later to the day and it’s ‘The Soul Taker’ Tim Tszyu trading under those bright lights of Las Vegas. The mission, all the straps,to do that it means dethroning the big dog at 154 pounds ‘The Ironman’ Jermell Charlo! Can this son of a gun do it? We just think he’s different, obsessed and will find a way. Kittens takes us back twenty seven years his first trip to Vegas courtesy of Jeffrey Fenech(4 x if ya know ya know) and a few yarns from that magnificent night at The MGM Grand Casino.
Speaking of Tszyu, The Butcher Nikita Tszyu goes to 3 and zip in a 6 round war put on by the boys at NO LIMIT with a very well prepared Ben Horn and not without a last round scare for Nikita but he seemed to enjoy every single second of this fight.
We get personal, it’s fair to say Jay Jay Roca and Brock Jarvis are almost family, its fair to say the Fenech’s and the Di Carlo’s are almost family. Brock Jarvis V Liam Paro. Angelo Alfie and Nathan V Team Fenech. Perhaps this one should be billed ‘The Godfathers’! We take a look at what we can expect as Eddie Hearns Matchroom Boxing has the two Australians ready to rip!
Last but not least, we finish with an Australian Sporting story for the ages, if not the bravest effort in Australian Sporting History, well it’s in the Grand Final. Hashtag ‘The Southpaw’ Jai Opetaia takes the IBF Cruiserweight Title breaks one side of his jaw in round 2 breaks the other side of the jaw in round 10 whilst putting on a clinic for the ages. Opetaia wins the strap from the champion, Mairis Briedis, a fighter whose only loss came at the hands of and unbeatable cruiserweight by the name of Oleksandr Usyk, you may of heard of him, who’s since gone on to beat a Heavyweight by the name of Anthony Joshua!Are you serious! Jai Opetaia you our friend are our play of the year!
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So you'd like a boxing wrap with a little random stuff from Mark Kittens Warren and Jay Jay Roca? You Got it! This is Rock'D Round 21.The Catch Up.
As we drop, we are just seven days out from one of the biggest fights on planet earth for 2022!Ferocious George Kambosos Junior shocked the world when giving a masterful lightning fast boxing tuition to the sublime superstar that is The Takeover, Teofimo Lopez to become the undisputed lightweight champion of the world and took all the straps....well kinda....enter the alphabet soup of boxing Ferocious now the IBF,WBA,WBO,WBC franchise champion, and the belt we declare the guide to all weight divisions The Ring Magazine Championship Belt. All the straps except the WBC regular championship held by 23 year old American Devin Haney with 27 pay for punch fights 27 wins 15 by way of KO! As you will gather when it can confuse even the most informed boxing pundits then what chance the general sports fan. Kambosos Junior and Haney throw down at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne and you can catch all the action on Foxtel's Main Event. Book it now!
Tim Tszyu makes his debut in America against Terrell Gausha, Tszyu survives an early a flash knockdown then turns in enormous resilience and polish to get a unanimous points decision. Tim's health problems in the lead up were kept dark, they were real, showing The Soul Taker is ready for the ultimate test, Jermell Charlo the king at 154lbs and pound for pound star. We recap Charlo Castano II, the first was brutal just unbelievable that ended in a controversial draw, the second, lived up to all expectations, a canvas classic for the ages and The Iron Man has all the straps.
The Butcher, Blonde Haired Assassin, Nikita Tszyu turns out the lights on No Limits Newcastle show over a well credentialled and very brave Mason Smith. Nikita 2 from 2 and 2 by way of KO! On the same card Harry Garside makes it 3 from 3, 2 by way of KO. Everyone loves Harry, pay to see him dance, the ballet dancing plumber from Victoria with Hall Of Fame Master Trainer Johhny Lewis guiding the fortunes for Team Garside.
His Dad was The Lion Heart Nader Hamdan,enter the CUB,Hass Hamdan. A great friend of Jay Jay Roca's we look the journey so far with giant shoes to fill. Again featuring on the No Limit Newcastle Show, Hamdan and the talented Trent Girdham threw down a great fight, a close fight, The CUB found a way after a flash knockdown in Round One to get the judge's decision. Hassan Hamden goes to five and zip.
The catch up continues with a look at Jai Opetaia's challenge for the IBF Cruiserweight title with Mairis Briedis at the Gold Coast convention Centre. Let's Go Jai!
The Gypsy King,Tyson Fury retires at 33 years of age and 200 million reasons to walk away but for a few reasons our boys just won't buy it. Long live the King! And speaking of absolute legends, Saul Canelo Alvarez multi divisional stupendously gifted Mexican. His first professional fight at 15 years of age! His punch for pay CV reads this way, 61 fights, 57 wins, 2 losses with 2 draws at 31 years of age. We look at Canelo's shock loss to Dmitrii Bivol, but no shock to Jay Jay Roca who was tipping the Russian. Gamble Responsibly!Mark,well, he goes back to the theory that weight stops trains, weight stops horses and eventually weight stops humans. However be safely assured Canelo will be back!
And to close out the show, one of the biggest nights in women's boxing history! Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano delivered, Katie Taylor retains her undisputed lightweight championship cementing her place as a sporting legend in the process with a split decision win over... -
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Strap up Guys, it's no holds barred with RockD Round 20.The boys are back in the studio, Mark Warren and Jay Jay Roca, joined by our special guest 'Super' Darragh Foley. His pay for punch CV reads 24 fights, 19 victories under the bright lights, with 9 victories coming by way of KO and 4 losses. Charismatic an understatement, prepared to go on his shield at all times, a southpaw with bad intentions, there's no reverse in Super Foley. The Irishman from Dublin now calling Sydney home can be extremely eloquent and quite the entertainer! Foley wants the big fights both here in Australia and abroad and leaves no doubt, that for now, Queensland's Stevie Spark tops the list, you could say 'Best of Enemies' which wasn't always the case. Stevie an enormously respected on the Australian boxing scene.
We look at Darragh's struggles with weight and his 100% fight mentality. We talk fights where he was perhaps on occasion, respectfully, merely the opponent. We zoom in on two fights in particular, a fight on Nines Jeff Fenech's Footy Show Fight Night in Brisbane throwing down with the much hyped professional (at the time just 5 professional bouts) Miles Zalewski and an extreme battle with weight .Somehow Foley turned out the lights early and in emphatic fashion. That's Boxing! We look at a loss to West Australia's Brandon Ogilvie, a supreme indigenous talent and this night the weight caught up with Super, the writing was on the wall, a move to Super Lightweight.
But that's not all we go down memory lane with thoughts on The Golden Boy, Oscar De La Hoya and his megastar match ups. George Kambosos Junior is very much in the news with a highly anticipated announcement as to who will face off first with The Undisputed Lightweight Champion of the World(yes we said undisputed).The road ahead for The Soul Take Tim Tszyu and the arrival of Nikita Tszyu what a time for Australian Boxing! Speaking of superstars we look at Saul Canelo Alverez and what's next for this Mexican Pay for Punch, Pay Per View legend of the sport! The Gypsy King and the Heavyweight Division is also on the menu. As well as a quick chat regards a favourite of ours Joe Rogan and the battles he faces in the current climate and potential affects for the comedian, fight commentator and podcast extraordinaire.
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Jay Jay Roca and Mark Kittens Warren are talking the hurt game although still going random as they do!) As we drop Ferocious George Kambosos Junior is in the deep end,in fact he's swimming with a killer shark on foreign soil when he dances under the bright lights against pound for pound megastar Teofimo Lopez at Maddison Square Garden New York City. We go micro on Ferocious George Kambosos Junior and just where his mindset rests, we're quietly confident he's in peak shape and he'll absolutely have to be, in with an absolute killer. A win by Kambosos he'll need a bigger room to display the WBA, IBF, WBO and Ring Magazine Lightweight titles and very respectfully perhaps the biggest upset in Australian sport perhaps the greatest achievement In Australian Boxing History!
Warren and Roca review a fight for the ages as Terrence Bud Crawford puts any questions on his CV to rest with a 10th round knockout win over the former 2-time world champion whose never been stopped and just chases the big fights Shawn Showtime Porter. A fight where many had Porter shading Crawford into the 10th round and Crawford's corner told the superstar just that at the end of the 9th and then we saw Bud do what Bud does. Superstar performance. Is Crawford pound for pound No 1!?Your call guys.
We look back at Brock Jarvis US debut for Eddie Hearns Matchroom Boxing after his knockout win over the tough Mexican Alejandro René Frías Rodríguez nicknamed The Frog! Jarvis had to find Jeff Fenech courage to survive Round 2 and he did just that for a Round 5 TKO.CONGRATULATIONS TEAM FENECH!
We talk Tim Tszyu after his demolition of the Takeshi Inoue. How Inoue survived the final bell just ridiculous ,body shots that would stop a bull, uppercuts that should have had the Japanese fighter orbiting Earth some kind of TOUGH! And we stay with the Tszyu family and the next Tszyu, namely Nikita Tszyu and his much anticipated professional debut. The same weight division as Tim at Super Welter Nikita a southpaw with absolute one punch knockout power out of the powerhouse of Australian Boxing at No Limit. So what's in a name? We had Kostya Tszyu The Baby Faced Assassin as named by our man Kittens Warren Kostya then KT became The Thunder From Down Under. Tim is The Soul Taker and so we pose the question what about Nikita? We have few suggestions!)
Speaking of No Limit the boys have a much anticipated two night boxing extravaganza and there's an undercard fight feauturing Joey Leilua and Chris Heighington and well Marks got a story!) We're sure you'll be both amused and entertained!
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Mark Warren and Jay Jay unwrap one of the great trilogy fights that was Wilder Fury III. WOW WHAT A FIGHT! To paraphrase Jay Jay Roca, 'If Aliens landed tomorrow and wanted to understand boxing then this is the fight he is showing'. This one had the lot and at the end of the day Tyson Fury extends his record to 32 fights 31 wins and 1 draw AND STILL the WBC, The Ring Magazine and Lineal Heavyweight Champion of the World! Mark tells us just what it takes to be Tyson Fury, the battle it takes, to be The Gypsy King.
Please spare a thought for Ferocious George Kambosos Junior not only facing Pound 4 Pound Superstar Teofimo Lopez but also personal grief and celebrations on the home front then to top it off has his blockbuster fight postponed on six occasions! Are you serious!? Triller is no longer the promotor and up steps Matchroom Boxing and Mr Eddie Hearns. In the interim, George Kambosos Jnr remains confident with a steely stay in the gym resolve, training the house down with Michael(Micky) Akkawy at Hardcore Gymnasium. To paraphrase two time World Champion, Billy The Kid Dib, 'Twelve rounds of concentration and speed and George Kambosos Junior can turn the boxing world on its head but it won't be easy'. And speaking of Eddie Hearns and Matchroom Boxing as Hearns signs our boy Brockie Jarvis the unbeaten Australian Super Featherweight is making his US debut as we drop against tough Mexican(stating the obvious)Alejandro Frias Rodriguez. Jarvis in the States with his mentor and trainer the legendary Jeffrey Fenech.
We could dedicate a show to the Pacman Manny Pacquaio. Rockstar! He finally leaves the ring and now The Pacman runs for the presidency of the Philippines. Think about this, 42 years young, 12 World titles,8 weight divisions, that needs repeating, 8 weight divisions! Never Before, Never Again! We pay tribute to the great Manny Pacquaio.
No Limits Tim Tszyu is set down to fight Japan's top rated Takeshi Inoue, a tough walk up fighter which could be to the Japanese fighters detriment as Tim Tszyu goes to another level. Tszyu now mandated to fight for Brian Carlos Castano's WBO Super Welterweight World Title early in 2022. Take note fight fans, Tszyu is now rated at No 7 Pound 4 Pound Super Welter by the people that count, The Ring Magazine.
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Mark Warren and Jay Roca are back with Rock'd Round 17 'Just Boxing' via remote, we pivot and adapt at this time. She's a fast paced show and it mainly is 'Just Boxing' guys although some random stuff as inevitably happens when these two get together! Manny Pacquiao, The Pacman, 42 years young, 12 real world titles, across 8 weight divisions and it will never happen again! The senator by day that punches faces by night. The Pacman's CV littered with superstars. Will there be another fight? Only time will tell but remember there's one thing money can't buy, that is the roar of the crowd. Manny loves the people but let's hope he can walk away satisfied and not even the roar can bring him back.
We talk the Olympics and a couple of Australians that did us so proud Skye Nicolson a young lady loses a very controversial scorecard decision but wins a nation. Following in her brother's footsteps, Jamie Nicolson who represented at the 1990 Commonwealth Games and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics then tragically lost in a car crash on the way to training with younger brother Gavin. Her Angels would be so proud. And what about Harry! Harry Garside The Victorian plumber and ballerina who marches to his own beat and takes the bronze, leaves us pondering will we pay to see the to see him dance?
Team Moloney were back on their US boxing assault again this time it was Tulsa, Oklahoma and the trilogy fight for Andrew and Joshua Franco after being robbed in his rematch Franco wins the trilogy and there's no excuses from one of the great boxing ambassadors Andrew 'The Monster' Moloney. Speaking of boxing ambassadors, Jason Moloney jumps back into the winners circle with a unanimous decision over Joshua Greer Junior. They say to every cloud there's a silver lining, well, Jason Moloney is now ranked No 5 in the Bantamweight Division by the only ranking system that counts The Ring Magazine Rankings! You beauty! On the very same card, talk about pressure imagine being the grandson of the Greatest of all Time, Muhammad Ali and then following his footsteps1? On debut Nico Ali Walsh scores a TKO victory on debut. Nico wears his Grandfathers classic shorts for the first and last time. Now, it's his journey that we follow.
Jay Jay has known George Kambosos Junior since the schoolyard days and a massive fan. We chew the fat on this sublimely talented athlete with a work ethic that has to be respected and admired. The Master Trainer Johnny Lewis has spoken, he believes Kambosos Junior is ready to shock the world! Now we wait for the final date the show down with 'The Takeover' Teofimo Lopez ranked Pound for Pound number 7 in the world by The Ring Magazine. A simply herculean task!
Australian Super-Featherweight sensation Brock Jarvis has signed a long term promotional deal with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing. This is what his team needs right now and with 4 time champion(if ya know ya know) Jeff Fenech his corner, well let's just say anything is possible. Go Brockie! Segway, and a young lady from Western Sydney also with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing, a marketers dream, her name is Ebanie Bridges her weigh-in was empowering to say the least, her punching did the talking with her TKO victory in Essex.
The Super Welterweights has Australia at hello! We chat about the hotly disputed contest between Iron Man Jermell Charlo and El Boxi Brian Carlos Castano. A lockdown war! Enter the discussion, The Soul Taker, Tim Tszyu. Currently sitting at No 7 on The Ring Magazine Super Welterweight rankings. All eyes are on Tim Tszyu as he goes from strength to strength. Jay Jay goes micro and breaks down those possible opportunities. A must... -
Paul 'Showtime' Fleming hailing from Tully Queensland, now calls Penrith in Sydney's west home. This sublimely gifted indigenous athlete is well and truly back in the business of big-time boxing as he makes a run at the Super Featherweight World Title straps with Dreamtime Fighters.
Fleming - devoted husband and father of five - shows us raw humility as he paints a picture that will educate and provide total inspiration for anyone with a dream. We talk humble beginnings, family, literacy, and bringing Australia together with respect for a people's journey with unity and love the goal.
George Kambosos Junior faces his massive test under bright lights, in the deep end with the stupendous Teofimo Lopez. The GTRAIN Paul Gallen steps it up once again with what will be his toughest test to date, an understatement really, Gallen squares off with young Heavyweight Juctice Huni, one certainty, another well-earned pay day at the box office! The fight that has fans at hello is Tim Tszyu on a massive run at international stardom his talents now in overdrive as he meets Melbourne's Michael Zerafa, The Pretty Boy, who has chased this fight so hard, now gets his opportunity! -
Danny Green joins Jay Jay Roca and Mark Kittens Warren for a wild ride a truly enthralling listen. If you like it raw and real then this one's for you. The former WBA light Heavyweight Champion, the former two time IBO Cruiserweight Champion and former WBC interim Super Middleweight Champion goes access all areas with the boys. We go in depth as to what created one of Australia's greatest all time sporting rivalries Anthony 'The Man' Mundine and Danny The Green Machine Green is etched on the Australian sporting landscape including their first fight May 17th 2006 very much a where were you moment. A rivalry that sometimes split the sporting public into two camps.
We talk family and perhaps another Green in waiting, weight cuts and what it takes, pressure and what it can do to people. And we get Greens recollection of an infamous wild gym spar with James 'Lights Out' Toney the famed Wild Card Gymnasium in Los Angeles. Wow!
He's the carpenter, surfer, fisherman, and fighter. The bloke next door, that so many Australians can relate and the masses rode the emotional wave what a journey. Green's colourful, at times hysterical portrayal's, a must listen for sports fans and fight fans wherever you are joining us around the world.
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Garth Wood joins JJ and MW to talk life and fights and his new venture at Balmain PCYC - bringing boxing back to the 'Hood.
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Rockd Rnd 13 Its Still Macho Time!
Mark Warren attributes his travels around the world to Boxing, no doubt about that! In a sport that throws up some of the greatest stories of triumph over extreme adversity, the same sport that portrays sometimes brutal tragic endings to some of its biggest stars.
It's the 21st of July 2000 Phoenix Arizona, a night when the stupendously talented Kostya Tszyu steps into the ring at The Veterans Memorial Coliseum against an absolute boxing superstar trying to rewind the clock, Hall Of Famer, Julio Caesar Chavez. On the same card, Hector Comacho Junior faces off with Phillip Holiday. Mark strikes up a conversation and a chat with this son of a gun and the rest is history.
Now in 2021 all these years later, Jay Jay Roca and Warren chat to Hector Comacho Junior. Comacho's honesty, his journey so far, nothing short of amazing. In RocKD Round 13 there's lesson for everyone as we chat boxing and life and we talk the love between a father and son.
Honesty. Vulnerability. Truth. That's what you can expect when you watch the Showtime Sports documentary Macho: The Hector Camacho Story The documentary debuted just two weeks after the eighth anniversary of Camacho's fatal shooting in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
While boxing is the backdrop for this documentary, it's not a boxing movie. The story delves deep into the psyche and tormented life of one of boxing's greats, told through the eyes of the people that knew him intimately and luminaries in the sport that were present during Camacho's rise.
Hector "Macho" Camacho is an American original. From his humble beginnings in Spanish Harlem, to fighting in the streets, to New York Golden Gloves champion, to his rise in the boxing world as a three weight-division world champion, and his lifelong struggle with drugs, the Puerto Rican icon lived his life in the moment and on his terms. The consummate performer, to this day, there has never been another boxer with the flair, showmanship, authenticity and charisma that Camacho introduced to the sport. Many have tried to emulate Camacho, but this documentary illustrates why he was one of a kind. - Source Peter Kahn SportsMoney
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Jay Jay Roca & Mark Warren are joined again by Team Moloney for the first anniversary of ROCK'd. Jason opens up on his massive test with the Japanese Monster, Naoya Inoue, and we get heated and explore the robbery of our own Australian Monster, Andrew Moloney, in the desert in his rematch with Joshua Franco. Officials with video replay access to what was a clear victory to Andrew Moloney had a chance for boxing to shine but instead, it was yet another black eye for the sport!
As we drop Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jnr face off in an exhibition fight which begs the question, what is an exhibition fight? What are the rules? Mike Tyson in an exhibition? We all agree everyone pays to go to the circus! That said, both these superstars are raising funds for charity as PPV sales are through the roof!
No Limits promoter Matt Rose has put together a cracker card to close out 2020, a year like no other, as Tim Tszyu dances with tough as teak Kiwi Bowyn Morgan. Morgan is in for his biggest test inside the only square ring. The undercard has Team Moloney all stirred up, we can't wait for this blockbuster card from Bankwest Stadium and live on Main Event Pay Per View. Whilst MMA legend Mark Hunt and Rugby Leagues Paul Gallen are grabbing most of the publicity, this card is truly stacked from start to finish!
Mark Warren is fired up with fighting words regarding our Australian troops as the government looks to revoke meritorious medals of service from SAS troops for past alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. Our troops haven't even stepped into a courtroom yet but somehow their fate is seemingly sealed! How do they now get a fair trial? We encouage your support of our fighting forces past and present and ask you to go online to voiceofaveteran.org and sign the petition in support of the so many, who have given so much, many paying the ultimate price whilst draped in our flag.
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Back in the Bubble
Team Moloney joins Jay Jay Roca and Mark Warren, from Las Vegas back in the Bubble. We catch up with their extraordinary manager Tony Tolj guiding the fortunes of Jason 'Mayhem' Moloney and Andrew 'The Monster' Moloney, which is ironic to say the least. Team Moloney, aiming to shock the world, will certainly produce one of the greatest upsets in world sport. Arguably the greatest win in Australian boxing history!
Easily the biggest fight for any Aussie in 2020, Moloney will challenge the undefeated Japanese megastar Naoya Inoue, a fighter Ring Magazine rates the third best boxer anywhere on planet earth, many have Inoue at the top of the tree, his bling includes the WBA and IBF Super Bantamweight titles and the much coveted Ring Magazine strap.
Moloney knows who most think the face of Australian boxing is right now.
"And I need to change it," he laughs, whilst speaking with a great friend of Australian boxing, The Daily Telegraphs Nick Walshaw, who knows the pressure of big-time sport and what it takes for Aussies fighting on foreign soil more than most.
Moloney told Walshaw, "I think I deserve Australia's No. 1 spot".
"I know that people are writing me off, outside of my team, they're saying I'm no chance and that's fine it actually makes me smile. A win in this fight changes my life."
The fight comes 52 years after fellow Australian bantamweight Lionel Rose won the WBA world title in a huge upset over Japanese hero Fighting Harada. The IBF belt was placed around the waist of the great Jeff Fenech back in 1985.
"And to win back those belts once owned by Jeff Fenech and Lionel Rose, that history is just going to make this even more special."
Moloney is well aware of the challenge presented by Inoue. Considered the second coming of Fighting Harada, the Japanese star is already a three-weight world champion and ranked third best of any fighter on the planet.
We chat with Andrew Moloney who will be dancing on the Terence Crawford versus Kell Brook undercard on the 14th of November and his chance to become a two time world champion in his rematch with Joshua Franco.
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RABS on RockD #GOATTALK
A boxing show that transcends into business politics, life and all sport. Mark is also the son of The Voice of Rugby League, The GOAT, Ray Rabs Warren. So as the Telstra NRL premiership Grand Final just days away it was time to produce GOAT TALK.
Kicking off with a quick snippet from the 1973 Grand Final The Sharks Verses The Sea Eagles, the most brutal on record as you'll hear,taking Rabs way back, a youngster plying his trade and calling the punches!
Rabs, Mark and Jay Roca preview the big one, The Melbourne Storm verses The Mountain Men,The Penrith Panthers.
IIt wouldn't be RockD without seaways left, right and centre. We talk the big issues, will Donald be staying put at The White House!?
It's not the vision that sells this game. It's not the feats of these mighty players. It's the way Ray Warren calls the action. The sense of theatre he brings to the call. Ray makes the game better.He brings it to life into lounge rooms all over the country. Ray Warren is the voice of Rugby League. The greatest of all time! -Phil Gould
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Rockd Rnd 10 presents The Fighter & The Trainer as Tony Del Vecchio drops by with his Super Middleweight El Loco El Tijaunero Beast Mateo Tapia. A Northern beaches surfer with boxing habit, craving the best of the best, his dream to face off with the Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez! He Dares to Dream!
Mateo also takes us to a place of enormous personal loss, just such a beautiful tribute to his lost late friend Glen Evans.
We lighten the mood and talk romance, surf boards, spotify, stone temple pilots and the Powrbox Boxing 5 question quiz.
Tony Del Veccio Head Coach Bondi Boxing Club MTK Sydney a great guy who fell victim to this much hyped virus, more so fell victim economically as his boxing factory, like all in the industry, came close to financial disaster. His assesment highlights the economic health impacts of this much hyped virus.
Horn V Tszyu we've got the Powrbox Boxing final wrap.
Australia's Jason Moloney runs head on into the Japanese Monstor Naoya Inoue. Jay Jay Roca & Del Veccio give their opinions on the fight as Team Moloney go back inside The Boxing Bubble at The MGM GRAND CASINO.
Mark is wound up and ready to go with a passionate shout out to Mr Alan Jones AO. We talk Joe Rogan and US elections Mr Trump V Biden. Republican V Democrat. FOX V CNN. Yep.... thinking thats about it....buckle up folks....here we go. This is RocKD Rnd 10🥊 -
Billy 'The Kid' Dib joins JayJay Roca and Mark Warren on RocKD Rnd No. 9, the past, present and future. Billy 'The Kid' has plenty to say on the eve of an ALL AUSTRALIAN BLOCKBUSTER. Tim Tszyu, boxing DNA streaming through his veins with frightening skills to match versus the Brisbane schoolteacher 'The Hornet' Jeff Horn, holding a W over the stupendous Manny Pacquiao in The Battle of Brisbane. The Pacman will arguably go down in the top three or four greatest fighters of all time to ever lace a glove, eight divisions, are you serious?!
You want more, you got it! Jeff Fenech tells us what he really thinks (we love four time if ya know ya know). And speaking of four time, our mate sends his best wishes to Don King celebrating his 89th birthday as we go into production and gives brilliant insight into Horn V Tszyu. A great listen. More? OK.... enter a guy chomping at the bit to secure a trilogy with Jeff Horn the first two canvas classics have reserved seating in the archives, Michael Zerafa, and 'The Pretty Boy' wants a shot at both, he's a hungry fighter make no mistake!
Billy 'The Kid' Dib, a two time World Champion will go down in the history books as one of Australia's great fighters, and a great Australian story. Here's a small Muslim kid from Engadine who suffered from chronic asthma. Here's a kid who was bullied and scared to go to school. Here's a kid that became a stupendous amateur talent who missed Australian Olympic selection due to, wait for it... a motocross accident in the lead-up to the Olympic trials, he took part, was beaten, no excuses. Here's a kid who was offered that Olympic dream by the Lebanese Olympic Committee and he said NO, so proud of his Lebanese heritage but he fights under one flag, the Australian flag.
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With Mark's main man Jay Jay Roca indisposed, respectfully, we go to the interchange, enter Brendan Bradford SportingNewsAu. A journalist very much making his mark in the sporting landscape as digital evolves at formula one speed, Bradford is arguably leading the race here in Australia. An obvious passion for the fight game, his ability shines, modest, cool under pressure, a thinker and wordsmith.
As per the RocKD template we covered plenty of territory with this proud Kiwi. We discussed, Marathons! In particular, the Indigenous Marathon Foundation, a tremendous initiative raising funds and awareness for Indigenous literacy. Bradford took the challenge in his stride, pardon the pun, completing the Sydney Olympic Marathon course. A marathon added to the CV. Congratulations! We touched on the career of the foundations director, the great Rob De Castella, Deeks or Tree to his competitors.
Dropping by on the open line (well kinda) our special guest, Australia's pound for pound No 1 in ,Jason 'Mayhem' Moloney. Maloney gives insight to his journey inside the boxing bubble in Vegas under the Top Rank banner, guided by his manager Tony Tolj a man who just 'does' boxing 24 7 an incredible talent and human. A potential world title fight on the Lomachenko Lopez card, simply wow, a potential showdown world title fight with John Riel Casimero, a potential fight with 'The Japanese Monster' Naoya Inoue! Yes the name Moloney is up in lights in Sin City, the boxing Mecca, that is Las Vegas. Hey while we're at it, lets in throw a potential intriguing thought, bordering inappropriate, a showdown with Andrew 'The Monster' Maloney this is the fight game right? Show me the money!
And we travel to the tipping corner, we ask for Jason's tip heading into an all Australian blockbuster. The stupendously talented Tim Tszyu verses The resilient former world champion 'The Hornet' Jeff Horn. A contest that has the Australian sports fan waiting for the bell to start round number one. We get his tip, and try to peel a tip from Brendan Bradford who took us on a diplomatic journey before finally offering his tip. To be fair, both Moloney and Bradford said their opinions change by the hour. For mine, well hopefully the summation provides an insight, perhaps thought provoking but one thing is certain its great to see these two fighters square off in a winning scenario for Tszyu and Horn, no damage to respective pay for punch credentials. More so that both fighters, never hurt for more than ten seconds.
Enjoy Rnd No. 8 Fights & Life.
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Nedal "Skinny" Hussein was born to box, the little Bodysnatcher, stellar amateur turned professional punch for pay, he does things his way. From a proud humble family dripping boxing DNA, our mate Skinny a shining light of multiculturalism in Australia, proud of his Lebanese heritage and his faith. For us, like his great friend The Lion Heart, Nader Hamdan these beautiful beasts of the ring unite us, not divide us, as a community and a nation. We ride together!
Here's a guy that that won't that recognise his own two world title straps that he fought for and won, yep he's a hard core judge. Many superstars of the sport have proudly adorned the same belts that Skinny also snatched. He won't claim the belts unless calls them legit, the man in the mirror his toughest judge. His record an absolute litany of regional and international titles, too many to list, you can Dr Google for yourself and see what we mean.
Skinny never pulled a punch in the ring and certainly doesn't pull his words. As a boxing judge there isn't many on his level. Humble as they come, but beware, a giant motor under the bonnet, capable of very bad intentions.
And the winner is Sydney, we celebrated long and on the fourteenth of October of that amazing year Skinny Hussein travelled to the Philippines to dance with a another humble human by the name of Manny Pacquiao. The record books show The Pacman, one of the pound for pound greats of all time (perhaps top three or four of all time eight divisions think about that) the Pacman down in round four, Hussein penalised a point the same round for throwing an elbow, the fight stopped by officials for a cut that Skinny calls a graze. Skinny Hussein arguably the first Australian to have beaten the stupendously talented Manny Pacquiao.
Welcome to RocKD Rnd 7 with The lil Bodysnatcher Nedal Skinny Hussein. Join Jay Jay Roca and Mark Kittens Warren as they buckle up for another amazing story. We talk Tyson, Fenech, Chavez, Ellis, Darchinyan, Anthony Joshua and The Gypsy King wow this gets heated.
Welcome, this is The Night of the Long Count.
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"Once you get boxing in your blood, you're fucked because it's hard to get it out. You only retire from boxing when you die." - Justin Fortune
Fortune has climbed down off the roof of his West Hollywood Gym after a night armed with a shotgun and a 45. Now our own JayJay Roca and Mark Kittens Warren get Fortune's no bullshit appraisal on the current landscape in America, turbulent to say the least, on life, his mates and boxing. Along with Freddie Roach, Fortune is one of the men behind eight divisional World Champion, The Pacman, Manny Pacquiao and there will never be another, think about that.
As Luke G Williams wrote brilliantly....
When Justin Fortune grew up in Perth, Western Australia he never dreamed he'd end up running a Hollywood Gym. Justin Fortune is a brave man.
Brave enough to have not flinched when conceding eight inches in height and nearly 30lbs in weight to the great Lennox Lewis on an atmospheric night at The Point in Dublin in 1995.
Brave enough to have opened his own gym in Los Angeles during the worst recession of the last few decades.
And brave enough to admit that there were times, after his 2014 diagnosis with throat and neck cancer, that he came close to despair.
"There were a couple of times where I could easily have put a fucking bullet in my head and I'm no pussy," the gruff and tough 53-year-old tells Boxing Monthly by telephone from his LA home, prior to flying out to the Philippines to work as Manny Pacquiao's strength and conditioning coach for his 15 July clash with Lucas Matthysse in Kuala Lumpur, which the great Filipino went on to win via seventh-round TKO.
The other side, the business side of it? Trust fucking nobody! It's a tough sport business-wise. Fighters are like racehorses, man, if one goes bad there's another ten behind them. One day you get pushed aside and someone replaces you. I understand that. That's business! -Boxing Monthly Luke G. Williams
Now JayJay Roca and Mark Kittens Warren speak to Justin Fortune RocKD Rnd 6 and what a chat buckle up!
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🥊 So you think you had it tough eh....
If you believe that anything is possible, and impossible is NOTHING, for anyone who relates to a battle, overcoming adversity more so, living with the battle, the fight for life then RocKD Rnd 5 is for you! Put an hour aside and be blown away by professional pay for punch star Luke 'Action' Jackson.
In a sport that showcases 'extraordinary' talents & combatants, we often forget that the warriors we watch are still 'ordinary' people yet like many, have extraordinary stories. Luke Jackson joined the boys Jay Jay Roca & Mark Warren and opened up about not only his in-ring battles, but his battles beyond the bright lights, this is as brave a performance as you'll ever hear. Basically raised himself from the age of thirteen, took up boxing at eighteen, won a state title just three months later,was at the Commonwealth Games two years later, captained the team to the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and backed up again as Captain to the 2012 Olympic Games in London. This is much more than boxing,this is Luke's story.
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*Warning explicit language
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It's the most anticipated all Australian bout in a long long time,a fight drawing massive mainstream interest. A fight postponed for now as the debate rages on who gets the W when and if Tszyu V Horn goes down, and that interest includes The United States, Russia and the UK. While Horns name very much remains under the international spotlight, a win for Tim Tszyu would catapult to extreme international attention, this fight for Tim Tszyu could well be the breakout fight that secures his boxing passport to the world's biggest stages, a name that drips boxing DNA. Boxing Royalty!
A white hot Australian Division. The players at the table. The Hornet Jeff Horn, Tszyu Crew 2 Tim Tszyu, The Pretty Boy Michael Zerafa, Drop Bombs Daniel Lewis and a wild card throwing his name into the ring, Italian Amateur star turned pro Danilo Creati out of Tony Del Vecchio's Bondi Boxing Club.
Buckle up this is The Dreaded Round Number Nine, a sneak peek as we see it prior to the big fight. Who wins? How does it end? Well its your call, just message us on Insta, Facebook and twitter with a winner drawn in our next episode of RocKD coming your way in a couple of weeks from now. Your chance at a pair of HEAVYHITTERS thanks to our great friends at powrboxboxing.com Mostly though, we hope this Powrplay wets the whistle and feeds your boxing appetite! Enjoy!
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