It was supposed to be a mandatory after the FIRST Toney fight.
He won the right! Period! If he doesn't get it.(or a huge pile of $$) to step aside it just shows how the BS belts are total crap!
Maskaev is looked at as the weak sister in the Div. He needs to show everyone right or wrong.
A pre Wlad fight for Peter to build hype and hone his style is just what Peter needs. And he will carry a title into that fight commanding
bigger $ and more respect. Then the winner of that and the winner of the briggs/igbragimov fight and the winner of Rahman/mercer can all fight Valuev AT THE SAME TIME and get KO'd!