The Unofficial Scorecard Podcast

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The Unofficial Scorecard Podcast is the podcast where we talk all things boxing and occasionally the wider world of combat sports, unofficially. Aussie scene, international scene, P4P, all time greatest (insert here), we'll probably get to it. Different guest each episode to have an informal chat about our favourite sport.

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Ep. 88 - Matt Clark
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Yesterday at 12:18 PM

4 years have flown by and it's been too long since catching up with boxing-lifer, manager, current matchmaker for Tasman Fighters and all-around top bloke, Matt Clark!

Matt was in the building for Crocker/Paro so we start getting his thoughts from inside the venue on a piece of Aussie boxing history, we also recap Boots Ennis' sensational win over Xander Zayas and some of the undercard action, offer our thoughts on the fights from the day of recording: Mason/Bell and Carrington/Palacios, was it a knockdown???

We jump in to the July 20th even...


Ep. 87 - Eric Raskin
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06/23/2026

It's Xander Zayas Vs. Jaron "Boots" Ennis fight week, finally! So, joining us all the way from Boots Ennis territory, it's returning mate of the show Eric Raskin!

Before we get to the 154lb banger, Eric just spent time in Canastota at the latest IBHOF induction ceremony, of course I want to know all about that, we are also about 36 hours away at time of recording from Lewis Crocker Vs. Liam Paro for the IBF Welterweight Title, does this fight have any interest overseas?

What might, is the fact that Errol Spence, Jermall Charlo and...


Ep. 86 - Luke Ketelle
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06/16/2026

Returning once again to chat all things Jesse 'BAM' Rodriguez is returning mate of the show, Luke Ketelle, AKA Big Dog Lukie, from the LukieBoxing platform!

Firstly, Lukie has recently joined new outlet The Good Fight, so we get the early rub from Lukie on the new platform, as well as discussing his recent video piece "The Weight Cut".

We jump in to all things BAM, coming off his recent 6th round KO of defending WBA Bantamweight champion Antonio Vargas, how did Lukie rate the performance? Does Lukie like Bam at 118lbs? What is next...


Ep. 85 - Lynden Hosking
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06/09/2026

Fresh off the crowning achievement of Andrew Moloney's professional career in winning the IBF Super Flyweight world title in Japan only a few days ago, longtime Team Moloney supporter, former sponsor and promoter, host and creator of Boxing Deep Dive, Lynden Hosking joins me on the show to break it all down.

We also chat about the rest of that card from Japan, the war in Bournemouth between CBS and Ryan Rozicki (could Jai Opetaia be next for CBS?), Tim Tszyu V Errol Spence Jr, Tszyu sacking his team AGAIN and linking up with Jeff Fenech, Jermall...


Ep. 84 - Declan Warrington
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05/21/2026

The beginning of May was the highlight of the boxing month, so no better time to turn back the clock and dive in to it all and joining me from the UK is longtime boxing writer and contributor, Declan Warrington.

We cast our minds back to an incredible weekend that featured Naoya Inoue defending his Undisputed Super Bantamweight Title against fellow P4P'er Junto Nakatani and David Benevidez obliterating Zurdo Ramirez to claim two pieces of the title at 200lbs.

Declan was on the scene in Manchester for Wardley V Dubois, break it all down...


The Hit Out: Tszyu/Diaz, Peters, Ruston & Bowen
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05/08/2026

Nikita Tszyu V Oscar Dioaz FULL card breakdown!

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Ep. 83 - Micky Capparelli
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05/01/2026

One of the 3 original pillars of Aussie boxing podcasting, fight night photographer and the owner and operator of the Boxing BLVD YouTube channel, Micky Capparelli dusts off the mic and joins me to break down all things Aussie boxing and beyond!

We start with Justis Huni's recent win over Frazer Clarke, I give my thoughts on the recent Tasman Fighters show headlined by Jason Moloney in the outro, we get Micky's impression from covering Matchroom's Fox/Kayo debut event in person and of course his thoughts on the fights that took place, we touch on the Tszyu...


Ep. 82 - Anthony Cocks
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04/10/2026

The Aussie Boxing Scribe himself, Anthony Cocks, joins me once again for all things Tim Tszyu fight card AFTERMATH!

You know the drill, plus we also chat about the full undercard, Andrew Moloney's confirmed world title shot, the Zerafa/Eubank Jr. "rumours", what is happening with Liam Paro's mandatory shot at Lewis Crocker????, Justis Huni on the Fury Netflix card, Tasman Fighters show on April 23rd and much MORE!

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The Hit Out: Opetaia, A. Moloney & the IBF
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03/24/2026

Detonation Boxing ft. John Mannu, Ky Hodgson plus more

 Jai Opetaia stripped of the IBF title

 Andrew Moloney fighting for the IBF title

 Sebastian Fundora V Keith Thurman

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The Hit Out: Opetaia/Glanton RECAP, IBF to strip Jai?, Tszyu return, MORE
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03/10/2026

Zack recaps Opetaia/Glanton from all conceivable angles (maybe) and also hits on all the newsworthy news of a whirlwind past few days in Aussie boxing!

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The Hit Out: Opetaia/Glanton, Aussie Boxing News
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03/06/2026

The Hit Out: Jai Opetaia V Brandon Glanton PREDICTION + other Aussie Boxing news

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Ep. 81 - Eric Raskin
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02/28/2026

When a monumental event occurs in the global zeitgeist as EPIC as the 50th season of a reality TV program that has absolutely nothing to do with boxing, but a boxing obsessed podcaster and a longstanding, world class boxing contributor across many mediums who are both fans of said reality TV program have had a handful of chats about, you guessed it: said program, in the past, the time could not be better to invite returning mate of the show Eric Raskin back on to break it all down!

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Ep. 80 - Anson Wainwright
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02/12/2026

We are right in the middle of some big British boxing action, so now was the perfect time to reach out to my UK based returning mate of the show, Anson Wainwright, to pick his brains on everything happening in the home of the Queensbury Rules!

But first, we dive into Shakur Stevenson's fantastic win over Teofimo Lopez, Keyshawn Davis' return, Carrington/Castro, Jarell Miller's toupee and MORE

Anson also gives his thoughts on the Nick Ball Vs Brandon Figueroa and Leigh Wood Vs Josh Warrington 2 fights, plus I pick his brain on the undercards...


Ep. 79 - Luke Ketelle
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01/26/2026

Fresh off the heels of an excellent world title fight between Raymond Muratalla and Andy Cruz, Luke Ketelle joins me once again to break it down from every angle!

We also jump in to the undercard, Zuffa Boxing's debut event and signing of Jai Opetaia and preview an absolutely LOADED upcoming weekend with Teofimo Lopez Vs Shakur Stevenson, Bahkram Murtazaliev Vs Josh Kelly and a 154lb unification between Xander Zayas and Abass Baraou to name only a few!

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Ep. 78 - Lynden Hosking
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01/21/2026

The dust has settled (maybe) and there isn't anyone better to pick up the pieces from a disastrous start to '26 in Aussie boxing, Australian Olympian and the host of @boxingdeepdive Lynden Hosking returns for the 3rd time to make sense of it all!

We tackle Tszyu/Zerafa from all angles, discuss the rest of the card, I rant on PPV (again), I ask Lynden's thioughts on Liam Paro's impending world title shot and Jai Opetaia's recent siging with Zuffa Boxing, we look ahead to Andy Cruz' challenge for the IBF Lightweight Title against Raymond Muratalla and...


Ep. 77 - KnuckleDown: Zerafa V Tszyu
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01/12/2026

When there is a big Aussie fight I need to preview, there is one man that joins me for a good old fashioned KnuckleDown style deep dive and that man is Aussie Boxing legend Anthony Cocks!

Zerafa v Tszyu preview, full u/card breakdown, Liam Paro incoming title shot, Inoue/Nakatani, DALTON SMITH, Andy Cruz title challenge, a MASSIVE Feb 1st and much more!

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The Hit Out: Tszyu/Velazquez, GHOST, Peters, BIGGS + more
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12/21/2025

• Tszyu UD10 Velasquez

• Goodman UD10 Blizzard

 • Peters TKO6 Beekin

 • Mazoudier SD10 Molinaro

• Aukuso UD6 Abdullaev

• Biggs UD8 Pomerlau

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Ep. 76 - Brendan Bradford
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12/08/2025

Too much happening in December on the Aussie scene to not catch up with one of the most respected and experienced boxing media members in the country, current combat sports writer at Code Sports, featured in just about every newspaper in the country, the man with the best fight night/event coverage in the world, returning mate of the show, BB, it's Brendan Bradford.

Brendan and I recap all that went down on the Gold Coast at the Opetaia V Cinkara fight card this past weekend, we also tough on the Stan Sport switch and what's next...


Ep. 75 - Luke Ketelle
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12/06/2025

We pulled a 'Tyson Fury' for episode 75 and rose from the ashes to recover this *almost* lost episode with BoxingScene.com writer and contributor, host of the Lukie Boxing Podcast on his very own SubStack and the host and proprietor of the LukieBoxing YouTube channel, it's Luke Ketelle.

I started the conversation with Lukie going through the recent results from The Ring 4 card in Saudi Arabia, from there the chat ducked and dived down multiple tangents and we really got stuck in to Lukie's thoughts on the sport as a whole, his experiences in training camps at...


Ep. 74 - Anthony Cocks
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08/12/2025

The cobwebs are off, the dust has cleared and the TUSC is back for The Ghost world title fight week and who better to break it all down with than the all-time clubhouse TUSC pod guest leader, making his 25th appearance, the Aussie Boxing Scribe, Anthony Cocks.

Cocksy and I get right in to Sam Goodman's huge world title challenge against Nick Ball, a mini Knuckle Down if you will, how does Sam hang at 126? Is Sam the guy to upset Ball? How will the styles mesh? Who wins and how? We get to it all!

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Ep. 73 - Paul Cupitt
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04/02/2025

It's been almost 6 years between drinks, but making his long-awaited TUSC Pod return is former national amateur champion, pro boxer, historian, author (he wrote an actual real book!), current amateur and pro trainer and current NSW boxing referee and judge, it's mate of the show Paul Cupitt!

Paul and I jump straight in to the busy March domestic schedule review style, which as we all know now featured some good and some……. less than good.

Paul fills me in on what the catalyst was that pushed him in to officiating, whether or not he learnt anyt...


Ep. 72 - Eric Raskin
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02/16/2025

The time has come to check in again with longtime US boxing media member, one of the original boxing podcasters, current writer at BoxingScene and returning mate of the show, Eric Raskin to dive deep in to all things North American boxing and more for Ep. 72 on TUSC


Eric gives us his thoughts and takeaways from a really fun Top Rank card from this past weekend that culminated in Keyshawn Davis winning the WBO Lightweight Title, the implications of Top Rank ending their broadcast deal with ESPN, Benavidez/Morrell and the return of a big US...


Ep. 71 - Brendan Bradford
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02/03/2025

TUSC is back in '25 and who better to kick off the year with than CODE Sports combat sports writer, the lead combat sports writer in just about every capital cities major newspaper, the man with the best fight night coverage in the country, top bloke and returning mate of the show, Brendan Bradford for EP. 71!

We chat all things Sam "THE GHOST" Goodman's horrific run of bad luck, Jai Opetaia's first world title defence of the year, standouts from the January Tasman Fighters card, is there an international 3 round tournament going on?, Benavidez/Morrell, Cool Boy...


The Hit Out: Paro/Hitchins, Espinoza/Ramirez, Valdez/Navarette
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12/08/2024

Hitchins SD12 Paro Espinoza TKO6 Ramirez Navartte KO6 Valdez 2024 Pod update Thank you's

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Ep. 70 - Anthony Cocks
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11/29/2024

Back again to most likely finish off the year (more on that in the outro) is the Aussie Boxing Scribe and all-time clubhouse leader in appearances, Anthony Cocks!

Tony and I dive in to all the fights from the past month head first, we touch on some recent Aussie boxing news, maybe offend a company or two and of course we preview the surprisingly busy last month of the year. Paro, Goodman, Opetaia, PBS, Callum Peters and the rest, what a way to cap off 2024, also much more too, as always.

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Ep. 69 - Anthony Cocks
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10/22/2024

The dust has settled, the emotions have subsided so now it's time to rip off the band-aid and get in to all the fallout from Tim Tszyu's shock KO defeat to Bahkram Murtazaliev in Florida this past weekend and there isn't a better person on the planet to do that with than the Aussie Boxing Scribe himself, Anthony Cocks for a fitting return episode 69 on TUSC.

Cocksy and I vent and try and make sense of what we witnessed (even if I am struggling to still believe it happened the way it did) and tackle the upset...


Ep. 68 - Lynden Hosking
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06/12/2024

Another Aussie in a world title fight is about the best excuse there is to have another chat with Aussie boxing Olympic and Commonwealth Games team member and returning mate of the show, Lynden Hosking.

Lynden and I stick to the roughly 4 week schedule and take it back to our thoughts on Opetaia/Breidis 2, Jai's immediate future, Liam Paro's MASSIVE world title oppurtunity in Puerto Rico Vs Subriel Matias, PBC on Amazon PPV, The emergence of the Premier Boxing Series from ACE Boxing and 7+, upcoming WildFighter show, Estrada/Bam Rodriguez, Nathaniel May Vs Jose Matias Romero, Ioka...


Ep. 67 - Knuckle Down: Opetaia V Briedis 2
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05/13/2024

Everyone in boxing podcasting is talking Heavyweight during this undisputed title fight week, but not us, it's Cruiserweight fight week on the TUSC Pod and we're going full Knuckle Down on the eagerly anticipated rematch when Jai Opetaia once again takes on Maris Briedis for the title Jai took off him last time (and never lost) plus The Ring Magazine Belt. So as I am for every Knuckle Down, I'm joined by one of the best boxing writers on the planet, the Aussie Boxing Scribe, Anthony Cocks.

We dive in to this rematch from every concievable angle...


Ep. 66 - Brendan Bradford
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03/29/2024

Returning mate of the show and TUSC's first ever "international correspondent" Brendan Bradford joins me to give us the all the fight week happenings live from Las Vegas!

BB takes us through his hectic week, the feeling on the ground in Vegas, his time with Tim, plans for an epic road trip to Arizona for Valdez V Wilson, teases some "Vegas" style stories and much, much more!

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Ep. 65 - Brian Campbell
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03/28/2024

On the cusp of a potentially historic weekend for Aussie boxing in the fight capital overseas, who better to break it all down with than fan favourite mate of the show, Morning Kombat's, Brian Campbell!

BC and I dive in the deep end on all things PBC on Amazon Prime's debut show, Tim Tszyu V Sebastian Fundora, Rolly Romero V Issac Cruz, Erislandy Lara V Michael Zerafa and Brian Mendoza V Serhii Bohachuk and there's no chcance we forgot about the night before, with Oscar Valdez V Liam Wilson contesting for an interim title in what surely...


Ep. 64 - Al Bernstein
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03/07/2024

On this very special episode, I am joined by legendary boxing broadcaster, commentator, writer and 2012 IBHOF inductee, Al Bernstein.

Let's let that sink in….

Al joins me on Episode 64 to chat about writing his recent article for The Ring about the current Heavyweight era finally nearing it's crescendo (link to article below), his thoughts and recollections on this era, his entry in to the boxing industry, how he got started as a ringside commentator, his commentary style, his adaptability working with different on and off air talent/outlets etc, his wild lone experience being a pa...


Ep. 63 - Anthony Cocks
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02/22/2024

Sometimes you have to pivot, from a scheduled Knuckle Down for Opetaia/Breidis 2, to a full news/broadcast-style breakdown, Aussie and world boxing never let us sit on our hands for too long and who better to jump in the deep end with for it all than the Aussie Boxing Scribe himself, Anthony Cocks.

Tony and I jump in to all things ACE/7+, Stan, DAZN and Foxtel/Kayo in what has the potential to be a historically great Australian boxing broadcast scene, we also take a little more of an overseas flavour in terms of results and...


The Hit Out: Nontshinga/Curiel + Aus News Preview
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02/17/2024

*SPOILER ALERT*

Sivenathi Nontshinga TKO10 Adrian Curiel Mauricio Lara DRAW10 Daniel Lugo AUS News Preview

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Ep. 62 - Brendan Bradford
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02/07/2024

We back! TUSC Pod returns to kick off 2024 with an all (mostly) Aussie first quarter preview and when we talking Aussie Boxing, one of my favourite guys to break it all down with is CODE Sports senior combat sports writer and regular at ringside each fight night, returning mate of the show Brendan Bradford.

BB and I got to pretty much all of it, Jason Moloney and Rohan Murdock in Canada, Jai Opetaia's rescheduled rematch with Breidis, "March Mayhem", Wade Ryan, The Barking Dog Cup, fantasy matchups, Wilson, Zerafa, Tszyu and plenty of tangents along the way!<...


The Hit Out: JAI OPETAIA & The Day Of Reckoning
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12/24/2023

JAI OPETAIA KO1 Ellis Zorro Rest of The Day Of Reckoning Card

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Ep. 61 - Anthony Cocks & Liahm O'Brien
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12/19/2023

December is so packed, you know I had to fit one more pod in for the year!

Once again, from the phone style message group to the pod, two of the best boxing writers in the world, Anthony Cocks (The Ring, Ringnews24) & Liahm O'Brien (The Inner Sanctum) join me to break down all the action abroad and at home.

Easy breakdown this time guys, we started at December 1st and talked about all the results/upcoming fights until December 31st plus, as always, much more!

'23 has been a GREAT boxing year and...


Ep. 60 - Mike Altamura
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12/01/2023

51 episodes later and we are back at it again with sometimes podcaster and writer, longtime boxing manager, talent scout and promoter, Mike Altamura.

Mike joins me to break down all things Biggs/Tszyu and the standout moments from the undercard, I pick Mike's brain about his Aussie based stable of fighters, throw a few curly questions at Mike that only he is uniquely qualified to answer, get Mike's thoughts on the fights he's most excited for in December (which is STACKED) and much, much more..

There is a thoughtful purposeness when Mike speaks and I...


The Hit Out: Biggs/Tszyu + U/Card
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11/23/2023

The Hit Out:

Mini-pod style on all things Dylan Biggs V Nikita Tszyu and the rest of the card.

Spoiler Alert - Results will be spoken about

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Ep. 59 - Anson Wainwright
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11/01/2023

We are in the midst of back to back Super Featherweight Title fights with O'Shaquie Foster KO12 Rocky Hernandez and on the cusp of Wales own Joe Cordina V Edward Vazquez so there isn't a better time to reach out to longtime boxing writer, regular contributor to The Ring and host of the You Don't Play Boxing Podcast, Anson Wainwright for episode 59.

1.       Foster V Hernandez

2.       Round of the Year and Prospect of the Year at The Ring

3.       Huni V Tabiti and how Justis is moved from here

4.       Anson's Aussie coverage and mini Aussie resurgence c...


The Hit Out: Tszyu/Mendoza + FULL U/Card
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10/17/2023

On this mini-pod style Hit Out:

Tim Tszyu UD12 Brian Mendoza

Sam Goodman UD12 Miguel Flores

Jackson England SD10 Nathaniel May

Shanell Dargen UD10 Amber Amelia

Toese Vousiutu TKO4 Julius Long

Hass Hamdan UD8 Danvers Cuschieri

Wade Ryan UD10 Sergei Vorobev

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