Wouldn’t it be better if he had taken the rematch, beaten Povetkin and then challenged Klitchko? Of course if he isn’t that confident of he’s abilities this is a smart move. However I have no idea why people should cheer for him making smart carefull business decisions, instead of showing desire to revenge he’s only loss and acting like old school fighter.
Most of fighters but not everyone. Toney for example put hes mandatory title shot voluntarily on the line against Peter, instead of just waiting hes shot to winner of Rahman vs. Maskaev.