Kelly Pavlik is more polished than Edison Miranda. And I do believe that he will defeat Miranda. He is the bigger man. He throws punches that are much more technically accurate(than most). And Miranda does not exhibit very good head movement, slipping, fainting or blocking abilties. He's been stunned and dropped in the last few fights that I've seen him in except the Gibbs fight. Abraham had a badly broken jaw and rocked Miranda several times after the jaw was already broken. Miranda should've won that fight and he should have been disqualified at the same time. You choose. Miranda to his credit is a consistently hard puncher with a real will to win. He's had one heck of a life story. And he is not unwilling to employ some rough house tactics. I love how he measures with his left before he throws the overhand right. It seems to intimidate some of his opponents. Against a technical puncher like Pavlik, though, I believe measuring would just cause him to get caught with some clean straight rights and left hooks. Intimidation and trash talk are a big part of his tactic and this time around he seems to be more focused on Jermain Taylor and trying to get in his head than the opponent in front of him. Which I believe to be a mistake because Pavlik appears to be taking him very seriously. These guys are both the #1 and #2 contenders in thier division and niether should be thinking about any fighter other than each other. Most importantly. Even if Miranda were to defeat Pavlik there is not even an inkling of a garuantee that he would ever get a shot at Taylor. Pavlik wins by K.O. in the sixth round or UD but either way Miranda goes down sometime around the sixth. Guess thats my six cents.