Wladimir wants to be a crowd pleaser...Wlad always says that the belts don't mean anything if the people don't respect the man holding them. And although lots of people like to hate on the way Wlad fights or who he fights he does his job professionally and wants to please the fans.

Everyone was scared of Sam Peter when he was coming up and Wladimir stepped up after being stopped 2 times in very recent fights and just destroyed Sam Peter....Sam hasn't been the same fighter since then.

Wlad didn't want to fight Calvin Brock, Ray Austin, or Tony Thompson but he fought them and KO'd all of them.

Wlad made the unification fight with Sultan Ibragimov happen and although it was a lackluster fight Wlad knew it and appologized for it he said something like "I know everyone is disappointed that there was no knockout but there will be a knockout next time"

So in the end Wlad wants to please the fans and he knows he has to have the BEST competition he can find and the most DANGEROUS fighters to rival him and he's going to get David Haye or Haye's camp is going to ruin the deal and Wlad will give Cris Arreola the chance to fight him. Wlad is a smart businessman and he has made very smart choices in his career path (bar the Sanders fight).

David Haye has a shot to earn the titles and write his own ticket AFTER winning but he's trying to do it before he's done anything.