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Ivan Redkach and Luis Cruz met in a hotly contested battle that ended in a split draw in their PBC on FS1 fight on April 19, 2016. Thoroughly frustrated following his fourth-round stoppage loss to Dejan Zlaticanin in a 135-pound title eliminator last June, Ivan Redkach was anxious for redemption entering Tuesday’s division clash with Mexican-born counter-puncher Luis Cruz. But the 30-year-old Ukrainian southpaw paid the price for his over-aggression against Cruz, his sometimes sloppy intensity almost hastening his demise like that of a man struggling in quicksand. Redkach (19-1-1, 15 KOs) fell prey to clever movement and guile from the Cruz (22-4-1, 16 KOs), 30, having to rise from a second-round knockdown before dropping his 135-pound rival once each in the eighth and ninth of a split-draw at Sands Bethlehem Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Scores were 94-93 for Redkach, 94-93 for Cruz, and, 94-94 as Redkach failed to follow up October’s third-round knockout of Erick Daniel Martinez that represe
