I think that the better question is that at this point of his career why does anyone give a **** who oscar is fighting period.
Taylor is garbage. an eye sore to watch as he scrambles for an opponent that will comply with his overrated power and succumb to the KO... he is a joke in many respects
How is Taylor garbage and a joke? He's undefeated. He beat Hopkins twice, followed that up with a draw against Wright, then beat a very good fighter in Ouma, and then after pretty much every MW turned him down, he fought a crafty lefthander who is one of the best pure boxers in the game. Now he's fighting Pavlik. Look at everyone else's resume in that division, they don't come close to Taylor's.
Why did Hatton fail vs Collazo? Last time I looked he won. It might not have been convincingly, but neither was a handful of Taylors. Besides Hatton moved up - Taylor beat guys that moved up, and with some controversy also.