On Jan. 3, the IBF ordered former featherweight world titlist Billy Dib (43-4, 24 KOs), 32, of Australia, and former junior lightweight titlist Gervonta Davis (19-0, 18 KOs), 23, of Baltimore, to meet in a title eliminator to determine the mandatory challenger for junior lightweight titlist Kenichi Ogawa. With the Dib and Davis camps unable to make a deal the IBF on Friday ordered a Jan. 29 purse bid at its offices in Springfield, New Jersey. The sides could still reach a deal before the bid takes place. Promoters interested in bidding must submit a $5,000 nonrefundable participation fee. Dib, as the higher-ranked fighter in the IBF rankings, would receive 60 percent of the winning bid and Davis, stripped of the belt in August for failing to make weight, would receive 40 percent. It remains to be seen what will happen, however, with the belt because Ogawa faces being stripped in the wake of a positive drug test related to his controversial decision win against Tevin Farmer for the vacant belt on Dec. 9.