No roy would have never been able to beat tarver like hop did. Not saying roy can't beat him but people must understand it wasn't just the right hands that beat tarver. It was the way that hop was roughing him up that won that fight. Tarver wasn't ready for that type of fight. Once he saw how rough hop was i think he got scared. Imo tarver would have never been able to beat hop no matter when they fought. Roy would never fight that type of fight and thats what gave tarver the confidence to fight him the way he did. People try to descredit the win by saying tarver didn't show up. He showed up. Listen to the commentators in the beginning of the fight. Tarver showed up but i think he thought hop would run and fight him like he did eastman and taylor but when he started to come in on him in the 1st round he didn't know what to do.