2003 Roy vs 2017 Floyd... Who was greater?

[Chollo Vista]

Let's say Roy retired right after Ruiz, who would've been the greater fighter with the better resume at that point in their careers? 2003 Roy or 2017 Floyd.

Roy's resume:

Tarver
Ruiz
Gonzales
Woods
Harding
Johnson
Hill
Griffin
Sosa
Pazienza
Toney
Hopkins
Malinga
Castro
Vaca
Tate

Mayweather's resume:

Berto
Pac
Canelo
DLH
Maidana
Ortiz
Castillo
Hatton
Cotto
Mosley
Guerrero
Baldomir
Judah
Corrales
Manfredy
Hernandez

[Roadblock]

Whats the criteria of Great and what decides the scale its on ?

[Chollo Vista]

Whats the criteria of Great and what decides the scale its on ?

Good question.

For me, it's level of competition, How soundly were your opponents defeated, what were they ranked by The Ring or equal ranking system when you defeated them, etc. Another gauge of what type of competition you were facing is what were the odds of the fight.

How many weight classes did you conquer and belts held in same class? Did you unify or become undisputed?

Where were opponents at before you fought them and/or what did they go on to do thereafter.

It's not "who" you beat, but "when".

BWAA might have a different criteria though.

[Chollo Vista]

[Unknown Champ]

Roy and when you say dominate, he dominated.

[HewJohnson]

Roy no question man.

Floyd didn’t necessarily “dominate” anybody after Hatton.

He schooled a young green Canelo which was still an impressive win for him at the time.

He beat a past his prime Pacquiao on points. PAC won 4-5 rounds tho and some other rounds Floyd won were quite close so no domination at all there.

Maidana gave him a good first fight. Floyd made it up in the 2nd.

Vic Ortiz? Lol.