pavlik of course. don't think there will be anyone in the current scene who can beat him at 160. the only thing i worry about is the stupid catchweight fight coming up. i mean, pavlik has to boil down to make 160, so packing on 6 pounds of fighting muscle might make it stick more when he goes to drop back to 160 after that. maybe he does it without much struggle. the first fight after taylor will be interesting to see if he loses anything in the return. i certainly wouldn't want to be in his position losing that kind of weight off a frame like his!
Unfortuneatly the mittleweight division isn't very deep. That's why a limited guy like Sylvester can be rated as a top 10 middleweight. But he has absolutely no chance against Pavlik, Taylor, Abraham and Wright. I should probably add Andy Lee to this list.
I think if Pavlik beats Taylor he will go back down too 160 to fight Duddy but after that I am not sure he will fight at 160 after all the real big money would fighting Joe Calzaghe not in taking on guys like Giovanni Lorenzo and Sebastain Sylvester or Sergio Mora. On the other hand there is good money in Pavlik vs Arthur Abraham,Winky Wright and Felix Sturm. The thing is I don't think Pavlik will go way up to 175 to fight the winner of Calzaghe vs Hopkins and the middleweight title I think is worth more in USA then the Supermiddle title which is more a European title Oh I don't know whats gonna happen:huh