The WBC has informed promoter Yvon Michel that the purse bid submitted by GYM for the clash between WBC light heavyweight title challenger Adonis Stevenson and mandatory challenger Oleksandr Gvozdyk has been accepted. There was controversy when TGB Promotions submitted the winning bid at the WBC’s purse bid earlier this week, then withdrew the bid after it learned GYM had outbid Top Rank. TGB represents Stevenson’s manager Al Haymon, GYM is Stevenson’s promoter. Top Rank, which represents Gvozdyk, suspected TGB and GYM were teaming up and TGB pulled their bid when it turned out GYM outbid Top Rank. Stevenson-Gvozdyk is slated for November 3 at a site to be named.