Coulda woulda shoulda didn't you could also say Reid could of beat Calzaghe, or Hopkins could of beat Calzaghe. As i remember the fight i had it dead even going into 11th round but Pavlik badly hurt Taylor with a body shot that changed the fight around Pavlik won the last 2 rounds based on that damaging body shot and earned himself the victory.
Pavlik showed good boxing skills and underrated defense to hang with Taylor in that rematch. I can't see how you can't call Pavlik an elite fighter when he clearly is. The only real flaw i see in Pavlik is that he sometimes doesn't mix it up and throws jab jab right hand over and over again. But like i said all Reid done was lead with right hands and so did Hopkins yet they still gave Calzaghe tough fights.
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