Roy clearly beat Tarver in a tough fight in their 1st meeting.
IMO, had they fought around the time Roy was at Lt heavy (beofre moving to Heavy), Roy's speed and reflex would have allowed him to beat Tarver by points about 9 rounds to 3.
Roy was ripping durable top Lt Heavyweights to shreads, like his one sided beating of Clinton Woods, and beating Julio Gonzalez 120 -105.
Tarver's height and stance would have made for a competitive fight, but Roy was untouchable a few years back.
Not to mention, at that time you had a much greener Tarver losing a wide decesion to Eric Harding.
Roy won the first fight with Tarver. He landed the more effective punches, exhibited better ring generalship, and for the most part.....Tarver was inactive.
If you consider taking round, after round, off...and merely looking for one big punch to land winning:
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