I don't think its going to be a competitive fight but Wlad wants to have a fight Manny is trying to mold his style in a different direction so Wlad needs the work and sadly there's nobody to choose from:

Vitali won't fight Wlad and that shouldn't be expected

Valuev just had surgery
Chicken Little is fighting Audley Harrison
Povetkin already said no
Sam Peter just got beat by Wlad

There's not much out there. This will be win #56 but its just going to be a glorified sparring session, no reason to hate on Wlad for making the fight. You can compare it to Chicken Little-Audley Harrison all you like but they aren't similar at all.