i was watching the fight again and to me rjj looked good until the knockout. he was fast/good reflexes/sharp etc. he was doing good until he just got clocked with a perfect counter
but most people point to rjj weight issue from the previous fight and maybe they have a point because losing that much muscle in short amount of time will hurt anyone but i think tarver style and physical capabilities causes any version of rjj problems because he is just very awkward
so does tarver get enough credit for the ko ?
Tarver had the right gameplan, trying to catch roy while roy was coming in but i dont know if he could have executed it to such good effect if Roy haden't been diminished. I had Roy winning the first round and the second before Tarver caugt him, as i remeber it Roy initially looked better then in their first fight in which he hardly put together any combinations.
I give Tarver credit for going 2-1 in their triology, not being intimidated by Roys speed and being the first to beat him but all in all it's no doubt Roy is the far superior fighter.