ROCKD PODCAST Rockd Podcast by Mark Warren & JayJay Roca

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...

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...