no dude when he fought joppy nothign was made of it , joppy was basically promoted as wba champ in build up hop won nothing at all
the "regular" champion is just a glorified number 1 contender...it's really happening cos chagaev needed some sort of reward to step aside for wlad/haye. once wlad faces whoever wins that title will just vanish for a while...until the next time you get a long drawn out mandatory situation... if he refuses to face them for whatever reason they'll just be the wba champ.