I don't think you are going to have to worry about this fight. Pavlik will be defending the MW crown sometime in January 2008. :good
I don't think so, even if Pavlick beats Taylor I (which I doubt), he cant stay at 160 for long, maybe not even one defense at 6' 2 1/2, he has been having a lot of problems making the 160 weight limit.
I don't think Froch is ready to fight someone like Pavlik. He need to do a few more fights before. U don't go from fighting sergey tatevosyan to pavlik like that. Even if he beats ried, he woudlnt be ready. He need to fight someone in the top 10 before.