Originally posted by MGMGRAND
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I think Roy could have beaten Mike in 2003, pre Tarver.
Mike had no interest in boxing at that point, and was fighting purely to pay off his debts. He was shot. Of course he still had great power, and if he'd have caught Roy, it'd have been over. But I think Roy could have stayed out of trouble.
The problem was, they had talks mid to late 2003, but Mike was in no position to fight at that point. So any potential fight would have been in 2004. But Roy had put his body through an awful lot at that point. He'd already gone up to HW and then dropped back for Tarver. So if Roy had fought Mike after Tarver in 2004, he'd have had to have gained more mass and gone back up to just under 200 pounds like he'd been against Ruiz. So I don't think that would have been a good idea, and there's no telling what would have happened. But from what I've read over the years, if they both hadn't suffered losses to Tarver and Williams, the fight would have had a good chance of happening. So if they'd have fought in 2004, I'd probably have favoured Mike. Roy lost something after he'd dropped back from HW. But if they'd have fought in 2003, say before that Roy came back down for Tarver, or instead of Tarver, I'd have picked Roy.
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