The Rocky Road paid a visit to Moate, Co Westmeath for a conversation we've been waiting a few years to have. Joe Ward is one of the finest boxers ever to come out of Ireland and why wouldn't he be, when he comes from fighting stock? After all, his grandfather is no other than 'Big' Joe Joyce, AKA The Hulk, AKA The King of the Travellers, AKA - The Boss of All Men. He made his name as the bareknuckle champion of these islands but nowadays Big Joe is his grandson's biggest supporter and a keen advocate of boxing inside the ropes.

In Part Two, we discuss Big Joe's days as a bareknuckle boxer, recall some of his huge fights and the reason he chased them (or they chased him). He tells why he doesn't want his sons or grandsons going into that life now, though, and why organised boxing is the way forward. Joe Ward talks about having a target on his back after making his name as an exciting young boxer and how he managed to stay away from the bareknuckle scene himself. 

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