Redkach vs Mendez FULL FIGHT: May 2, 2017 - PBC on FS1

(May 2 ,2017) Former world champion #ArgenisMendez outboxed southpaw #IvanRedkach over 10 rounds and earned a split decision. The former world champion ended a two-fight skid with a 10-round split decision over Ivan Redkach in the main event of a PBC on FS1 card in Studio City, California. The difference in the 137-pound bout? A one-point deduction levied by referee Raul Caiz Jr. in Round 3 after Redkach headbutted Mendez, despite the absence of a warning preceding the foul. One judge scored it 95-94 for Redkach, but was overruled by tallies of 96-93 and 95-94 for Mendez, who was fighting for the first time in 2017 on the heels of consecutive losses. Both men were desperate for a victory and fought like it, but Redkach walked into a lot of straight rights against a more patient boxer. Certainly, each man badly needed a jump-start to their once promising careers. Redkach entered the bout on the heels of two lopsided defeats—a stoppage by Dejan Zlaticanin and a wide unanimous decision against Tevin Farmer—