Wlad was the champ and Haye was jumping the queue for a title shot. Hayes bargaining position wasn't the strongest.....
all the pro's of the deal were with Wladimir in this fight thats prob why Haye pulled out he had **** all to gain fincially while Wlad probaly get a monster payday I'd be pissed off too I think Haye wanted money up front but setanta said no and he wasnt going to accept that there was too much doubt about him not getting paid so he chose to pull out instead in a all or nothing gesture I'm sure Haye feels let down cant see Sky doing this to him but Haye took the risk of agreeing to the fight with all his purse money coming from Setanta and unlucky for him sods law Setanta **** up just about the time Haye needs to be paid