Taylor. Definitely. Pavlik is the guy who has impressed as of lately but against less than stellar competition. Miranda was all hype-hopefully we all see that. Taylor hasn't KO'd anyone in 6 fights but you have to examine who he was in against. Joppy didn't engage and ran all night once he tasted Taylor's power, Hopkins is Hopkins, Wright is Wright, Ouma decided to be a freak of nature and eat a million hard shots and not be taken out (Taylor snapped his head back several times but it showed no effect) and Cory Spinks was much to fast and slick for Taylor to take out. All that experience has to register somehow on Taylor (except for Joppy). Pavlik will be Taylor's first opportunity in a while to do what he does best: bang. Now Pavlik can do the same so I'm not suggesting it's a lock. But Taylor won't have to chase Pavlik down or punch through a guard; he's going in against a fighter who is largely the same as he is. Pavlik is big, strong and tends to neglect his defense. It's on Taylor to draw from what Steward is teaching him and what he's learned from his last few fights to show why he has the belt.