The Rocky Road
An Irish boxing podcast that fans of all sports will love. No one gets to the top without overcoming adversity, in sport or in life. But as Rocky Balboa said, ‘it ain’t how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward’. Every week on The Rocky Road, host Kevin Byrne and producer Simon Maguire will bring you the distance on some of the wildest journeys the sport has to offer. Pain, pride, passion and politics, the world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It's about how much you can take, and keep moving forward.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 224
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Richard Maynard: Paper champ
Richard Maynard is the special guest for this week's episode. He previously worked for Hall Of Fame boxing promoter Frank Warren for 18 years - overseeing PR and media for a number of British world c…
00:57:29 |
Wed 11 May 2022
History at Madison Square Garden
Former boxers Christy Martin and Patrick Hyland join Kevin Byrne to reflect on the epic lightweight title fight between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano at Madison Square Garden at the weekend. A figh…
00:55:24 |
Wed 04 May 2022
History Makers - Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano
Myles Casey joins Kevin Byrne and Simon Maguire for this week's episode to look ahead to the historic main event fight at Madison Square Garden this weekend between lightweight champ Katie Taylor and…
00:51:45 |
Wed 27 Apr 2022
Packie Collins - Calling the shots
Packie Collins joins Kevin Byrne for this week's episode. The head trainer at the Celtic Warrior Gym discusses the recent fights of Eric Donovan and Ray Moylette and his plans for the future with all…
00:48:10 |
Wed 20 Apr 2022
Taka Mhandu - Aiming for the Top
Taka Mhandu is the special guest for this week's episode. He joins Simon Maguire to talk about his introduction to MMA, his sporting idols and his future plans after signing a multi-fight deal with C…
00:25:30 |
Wed 13 Apr 2022
Eamon McAuley - Fighting to Find Peace
Eamon McAuley and Jim Rock are the special guests for this week's episode. The pair join Kevin Byrne to talk about McAuley's new book: 'Fighting to Find Peace - A Belfast Boxer's journey'.
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00:58:36 |
Wed 23 Mar 2022
Ray Moylette - Back in the Game
Ray Moylette is the special guest for this week's episode. The Mayo brawler is back in the ring on March 26th in Leeds when he takes on Dalton Smith on the Kiko Martinez v Josh Warrington undercard. …
00:47:22 |
Wed 16 Mar 2022
Roger Lee - Working the pads
Roger Lee is the special guest for this week's episode. He joins Kevin Byrne to talk about his journey in the sport, working with Emanuel Steward in Detroit, helping his brother Andy become a world c…
00:53:19 |
Wed 09 Mar 2022
The Klitschko Brothers and the fight of their lives
Tom Loeffler joins Kevin Byrne for this week's episode. The Managing Director of K2 Promotions has worked closely with the Klitschko brothers over the years and talks about their desire to stay and f…
00:44:05 |
Wed 02 Mar 2022
Michael Conlan - Time Is Now
Michael Conlan joins Kevin Byrne for this week's episode. He talks about his crazy teenage years, his move through the amateur ranks to the pro game, forming Conlan Boxing and his up-coming world tit…
01:10:16 |
Wed 23 Feb 2022
Eric Donovan - This is Your Fight
Eric Donovan joins Kevin Byrne for this week's episode. 'Lilywhite Lightning' is facing a huge challenge when he takes on double-Olympic champion Robeisy Ramirez in a 10-round contest in Glasgow on F…
00:41:58 |
Wed 16 Feb 2022
Tommy Tolan - Fighting to Survive
Belfast boxer Tommy Tolan joins Kevin Byrne for this week's episode. The Ballymurphy native has some story and has fought some of the best Irish and British talent over the last number of years, incl…
01:08:41 |
Wed 09 Feb 2022
Niall Kennedy - One Last Crack
Niall Kennedy joins Kevin Byrne for this week's episode. The Irish star reflects on his career to date and discusses his plans for the future. He also advocates strongly to better people's mental hea…
00:55:47 |
Wed 02 Feb 2022
Leo Santa Cruz' Belfast Connection
This week we look back at the rivalry between Leo Santa Cruz and Carl Frampton. Kevin Byrne is joined by journalist, David Mohan, to reflect on two epic bouts between the pair and Santa Cruz also joi…
00:46:10 |
Wed 26 Jan 2022
Kevin Sheehy - A Life Remembered
Paddy Donovan and Ken Moore join Kevin Byrne to reflect on the life of Kevin Sheehy. The two were good friends of Sheehy prior to his death and reminisce about the goods they shared both inside and o…
00:34:41 |
Wed 19 Jan 2022
The Fighting Irish
Colin Hart joins Kevin Byrne to look back at the Irish fighters he covered during his legendary career. From Barry McGuigan to Katie Taylor, 'The Voice of Boxing' runs through his favourite fighters …
00:45:02 |
Wed 12 Jan 2022
Donal Ward - From the GAA pitch to the ring
Former Roscommon gaelic football star Donal Ward joins Kevin Byrne for this week's episode. Ward talks about his journey in sport and how he's looking to kick-off his professional boxing career in 20…
00:46:58 |
Tue 14 Dec 2021
The Additional Needs High Five Boxing Academy
Kevin Byrne is joined by Paddy Dingle, who came up with the idea for the initiative for the Additional Needs High Five Boxing Academy, Nuala O’Donovan from the Dublin City Sports and Wellbeing Partne…
00:26:55 |
Wed 08 Dec 2021
Colin Hart's Top Heavyweight Fights
Colin Hart joins Kevin Byrne for this week's episode. The legendary Sun boxing expert reveals his top heavyweight contests in the aftermath of the Fury-Wilder trilogy. He reflects on his own time cov…
01:02:38 |
Wed 01 Dec 2021
Anthony Cacace - Chasing Glory
Anthony Cacace joins Kevin Byrne for this week's episode. The Belfast boxer talks about the highs and lows of the sport as he chases his world title dream. He also reflects on his British super-feath…
00:43:06 |
Wed 24 Nov 2021
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