How would PBF vs RJJ p4p really go down?

[Wayne]

You say the Roy that fought Griffin, but you also have to ask yourself which fight. Remember he immediately rematched Griffin and DOMINATED him, so to think Roy changed with the passage of time, at least up until that point, is a falsehood. Roy is like Calzaghe in that he had the tendency to fight down to another fighter's level, or get bogged down with outside distractions, but when he was focused he was impossible to deal with.

On the other hand, Floyd has proven that it doesn't matter if he's the slower fighter. He has the maturity of a fighter several years older than him and can maintain his composure even if he's losing. One of two things would happen:

Roy jumps on Floyd in the early rounds, picking apart his defense with his superior speed and slipping what little activity Floyd gives back until he catches him with a shot that leaves Floyd hurt and out after Roy flurries him after the 1st knockdown.

Or, Floyd realizes the first rounds will be Roy's and gives him just enough pressure to make Roy burn himself down to a pace he can deal with by round 7 or 8. Then Floyd uses his accurate, one at a time punching to slice Roy up until he evens the fight out by the end and hopefully gets a SD.

Or, Roy, taking a rest in the middle rounds, sees Floyd coming on and rallies in rounds 10-12 and comes on strong to batter Floyd back, takes at least 1 of the 3 rounds and wins by SD. Prime for prime, I think Roy takes it on sheer activity alone, but Floyd fights the fight of his life and takes 4 or 5 rounds.

[Taeth]

How can you say Roy fought down his opponents level when he virtually dominated everybody except Montell Griffin in that first fight. The only difference between the first fight and the second one is that Roy knew he could hurt Griffin with one shot, but before that point Roy was completely bewildered until in the first fight Griffin started to tire.

As for Floyd you talking about the welterweight Floyd when you say he covers up and is totally defensive... Floyd of 130-135 is as fast anyone has been at that weight, and almost as fast as Roy. He has never faced anyone faster than him(Zab and WW Floyd have almost exactly the same handspeed, footspeed reflexes). My point is that I don't think speed is that big of an issue because Roy isn't totally out of Floyd's league in terms of speed, especially younger Floyd. Also Roy has had a hard time hitting Hopkins as well who is a tricky fighter just like Montell...

As for how you see it playing out I don't see how thats possible... Based on even Zab Judah I could see Roy landing a few well timed punches on the outside on Floyd, but there is no way he would overwhelm FLoyd's defense... If Roy was a southpaw maybe, but he isn't. Floyd is a faster, better coordinated, better taught fighter than Montell who gave Jones problems technically, and Floyd can take a punch when one gets through his defense. I just see Mayweather as the wrong fighter for Roy to fight. I think RObinson would do better against Mayweather because he responds to getting punch by flurrying back, but Roy isn't like that, he would wait until he figured out Floyd only to realize this guy is as good as him too late... If they fought a second time then I see Roy winning by a few rounds because he would step on the gas a little more.