The mandatory title fight will be held on Wednesday at the convention of the World Boxing Council.
After negotiations for a fight with Crawford fell through, he still needs a challenger for his next defense.
Crawford said last week that he expected the fight to be between the two boxers.
When a promoter has a deal in place, organizations usually only order bouts when there is one available. He would never give Thurman a chance at his three titles because he did not want to fight him in the past.
There are usually title fights between champion and contender, but the champion could always choose to relinquish the belt, while the contender could choose to pursue a different fight. The mandates are not binding and the sides still need to come to a deal.
Eimantas Stanionis is waiting for a title shot while Jaron "Boots" Ennis is trying to get a title shot. It appears that Thurman is the next champ.
In recent years, Thurman has been inactive, but in February of this year, he won a unanimous decision over Mario Barrios. Thurman is the 7th highest ranked welterweight on the internet. His only loss in the year was a split-decision loss to the Filipino fighter.
In April, he won his third title with a 10th-round win over Ugas. Thurman has titles over Danny and Shawn Porter.
A number of title fights and title eliminators were ordered by the World Boxing Council.
The organization said that the mandatory challenger for the title would be determined by an eliminator.
The undisputed lightweight champ is in talks to face the winner of the eliminator between Stevenson and Cruz.
Several other fighters are moving up in weight, according to the mandates of the World Boxing Council.
There was an order for a second fight between Stephen Fulton and Brandon Figueroa. It was one of the best action fights of the year.
There was a match up for the bantamweight title at 118 pounds. The bantamweight title will be up for grabs on December 13 when Paul Butler defends his title against Inoue.
Rey Vargas is moving up to 130 pounds and will face O'Shaquie Foster for the title.
Jermall Charlo was ordered to fight Carlos Adames.
The David Benavidez-Caleb Plant fight will decide a mandatory challenger for boxing's top star, Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez.
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