Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
Roy gets too much credit for beating Ruiz. It's more a minority of hardcore fans that understand he beat an average/ranked heavyweight not THE world champion. Was it a very impressive win for a light heavyweight? Yes. Does it mean he achieved some amazing unfathomable feat by beating a guy given a WBA title? No.

Just in recent times, lots of fighters have have moved from lightheavy to beat average/ranked heavyweights.

Overall though I'd pick prime Roy P4P over Floyd even though his record is inferior.
I agree. I think the HW win against Ruiz was one of the least of his accomplishments. That said, Roy owned the sport along with every belt known to man for a decade. Father Time beat Roy the worst. He seemed to get old literally overnight. He also carried himself as a champion better imo. Roy was one of a kind, Floyd is just a HOF'er.