They still both avoided him, that's clear as day. He was a viable opponent for both of him, they both had chances to fight him and went the other way. There's no way you can tell me they wouldn't have made just about the same or more money by fighting Dawson than they did fightng Jones. So Dawson was the biggest challenge out there for both of them and offered arguably the biggest financial reward. They both admit that he's a really good fighter, yet they declined to fight him. If that's not avoiding him than I don't know what is.
Which one is it, most avoided or most feared as far as Williams go? He was beat by Martinez and was losing to Cinton the flying Puerto Rican. His skirt was already pulled up. Until he rematches and destroys both, he is just considered a good fighter for now.