The WBC has ordered a thirty-day negotiation period for a fight between WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson (pictured) and BBC interim lightweight title holder William Zepeda, in the hopes that an agreement is reached for a long-awaited meeting between the two undefeated 135 pounders. If the parties do not reach an agreement by May 6th, a purse bid will be held for this fight. Last February, New Jersey's Stevenson, a three-division champion, retained his belt by knocking out last-minute replacement opponent Josh Padley, England in the ninth round in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. On March 29th, Mexico's Zepeda retained his interim title by defeating Philadelphia'sTevin Farmer by majority decision at the Benito Juárez Poliforum in Cancún, Quintana Roo.