Why didn't Wlad and hopkin's get any blame for refusing OST?

[Rip Chudd]

Wlad didn't refuse, he accepted.

Pascal asked Hopkins after the contract had already been signed

Yep. You can pretty much end thread on that note.

[Pirao]

None of it mattered because Povetkin ducked out, but I could have sworn Wlad declined, at least at first.

No he didn't, he said he would submit to OST but Povetkin had to pay for it. Then Povetkin ducked.