so whats better for super Joe

booradley has it correct with the timeline.

Calzaghe fought Jones 'instead of' Pavlik, not Hopkins.

Bigger financial reward over what at the time would appear to be the bigger 'resume' credit.

I felt at the time, and still feel now, however, that Calzaghe v Pavik would have happened if Pavlik had beaten Hopkins. Jones first then Pavlik after was the logical way to go for various reasons. Once Pavlik lost there was no-one worth fighting for either financial or sporting reasons.

 

He lost twice to Jermaine Taylor years before he fought Joe,how could he have been in his prime when he fought Joe?With that in mind,does anyone consider Jermaine a great fighter?I don't believe that.Was Bernard in his prime when he fought Jermaine?If that's the case,then Bernard is overrated and Joe's victory isn't that great anyway.Think about that one for a moment.Then when Bernard fought and spanked Pavlik,did he expose a strong,but one-dimentional middleweight fighting 10 pounds above his weight class and couldn't handle a crafty old codger like that in BH?This is what I believe.