Simply put, Miranda v. Pavlik IS the fight. DiBella is protecting his boy Taylor from the inevitable.

Think about it--Taylors only mandatories are

Miranda
Pavlik
Winky

He will lose to all of them. So the best thing is to pit them against each other. Miranda is the truth, and while he is very susceptible, his agression and will should easily catipult him to the top of the MWTs.

He's already fighting the top guys that Jermaine won't...