I love Pavlik, straight punches and he has a wide arsenal. If you look at the flaws and advantages, it's hard not to pick Pavlik.

Pavlik's biggest asset is his pinpoint punching, stalking style and his tremendous power.
Taylor's biggest flaws are his inability to control the ring and his inactivity levels on the backfoot and walking forward versus Spinks.

But it's more then that, don't think we've seen the best Jermain Taylor. I mean he was such an explosive fighter. At least I think he was, then he hung with Hopkins. Wright let him off the hook a bit by getting flatfooted to often in that fight and Taylor got a shady draw.

Now Taylor has been challenged by Steward. Steward has done this before. He absolutely ripped Lennox Lewis to pieces after the McCall loss, saying that even before the loss, nobody was excited for Lewis and that he was destined to be a waste of talent. I'm guessing he did it because he knew Lewis would respond. Now he's gone on the assault against Taylor. Maybe he knows Taylor can rise to the occasion.

It was hard to find many people not excited about Taylor before he faced Hopkins, now people are waiting for him to be knocked off his stool. But the fact remains, he's still the champ and still has 36 rounds with 2 of the 10 best fighters on the planet. And no official losses to show for it. That has to say something.

But I don't think he has enough to keep Pavlik off him for this one. Pavlik is absolutely relentless and he is relentless from the outside which makes him hard to control with a jab, especially with a jab that hasn't been rendered effective for quite some time. I think Pavlik wins a decision in a good fight.

I'm going to go back and forth on this one a lot.