The WBO on Friday ordered the representatives for junior welterweight world titleholder Maurice Hooker (Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing and Roc Nation Sports) and mandatory challenger Alex Saucedo (Top Rank) to negotiate the bout. The camps have 20 days to make a deal or a purse bid will be ordered. The minimum bid is $150,000. Either side my ask for an immediate purse bid if they don’t want to negotiate. Hooker (24-0-3, 16 KOs), 28, of Dallas, won a split decision over former lightweight world titlist Terry Flanagan to claim the vacant 140-pound belt in Flanagan's hometown of Manchester, England, on June 9. Saucedo (28-0, 18 KOs), 24, of Oklahoma City, stopped Lenny Zappavigna in the seventh round in an all-out slugfest on June 30 to ensure his title opportunity.