I think the hang up that people are getting confused by is that Vitali offered the exact same contract Wlad offered that the WBA title holder signed and then backed out of and instead of signing to fight Vitali he signed to fight Valuev.

But I must say I do love this whole "I'm taking a £2 million pay cut to make this fight happen" line....it's like he's been listening to the President of the United States. He's not taking any pay cut he's hashing up hypothetical numbers...total bullshit