Hulk correct me if I'm wrong but Wlad does want to unify AND he's taken steps to do so. Ray Austin, Tony Thompson, and Povetkin have been/are his mandatories and he's forced to fight them or relenquish the belts. Sultan Ibragimov was a unification fight...sorry it was boring but Sultan is a southpaw and Wlad is getting better at fighting those guys (after 2 consecutive fights vs southpaws).
Mandatories are a pain but they are mandatories for a reason, to give guys who have "earned it" title shots. Mandatories can be swayed by $$$ and it has happened and will happen again...and being a mandatory doesn't mean they are great fighters to watch it means they earned their shot.
It's just the game of boxing
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