I guess he just has no other option. Suddenly everybody wants Stiverne. It is only Pulev that really wants him but on the otherhand Wlad will **** his pants and may think of an injury.
Pulev wanted to have one or two more fights before fighting Vlad. Vlad wants Vitali's WBC title first, but if he does fight Pulev, he will knock him out. The propaganda in America has made the ignorant believe that Vlad can't beat any fighter in the heavyweight division even the proof proves otherwise...............
Hopefully Stiverne, but King will nix that, as Bermane is it for him. So it most likely with be Pulev, who is in for a beating.
Pulev, apparently. He badly wanted the unification bout with Stiverne, but Stiverne said he won't be fighting until november. Wlad absolutely wants a fight in september, hence he'll be fighting someone else. Fishy moves from Stiverne's team already started. They're gonna do everything to avoid losing the belt. I mean, why the heck would you want to wait 5 months to fight? He wasn't even hurt in his last fight, it's not that he has to recover or something.
I suspect it will be Pulev. King is a lot of things but he's not an idiot. If he's going to risk Stiverne against Wlad he'll want to be paid handsomely for it. Most Wlad opponents get paid around a million dollars unless they are a mandatory or a draw themselves, which Stiverne is neither. He wanted $2 million when Stiverne was Vitali's mandatory and he'll want more than that now he has the WBC belt. So I doubt they will come to an agreement.
Off the top of my head Chagaev, Ibragimov and Haye all got 50/50 against Wlad due to holding a belt. So Stiverne may well get a big payday against Klitschko. He'll get more than the pathetic $250'000 he got for his last title fight anyway.