New York reduces Redkach sanctions

The New York State Athletic Commission has reduced sanctions against Ivan Redkach for biting Danny Garcia on January 25th in Brooklyn, according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.

Initially, the New York commission announced that it had issued Redkach the maximum fine of $10,000 “for engaging in dangerous, disorderly and unsportsmanlike conduct” and suspended his boxing license for one year. It also said that Redkach should forfeit his entire $300,000 purse from the fight at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, even though he had already deposited the check.

“After a final agreement with Mr. Ivan Redkach’s legal team, the New York State Athletic Commission is taking the following disciplinary action against Mr. Redkach for biting Mr. Danny Garcia’s shoulder during the fight that took place on January 25th, 2020,” commission spokeswoman Mercedes Padilla said in an email to ESPN. “Mr. Redkach was issued a maximum fine of $10,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct. Mr. Redkach will be suspended for a period of six months, running from the date of the incident.”

The commission is no longer seeking to have Redkach (23-5-1, 18 KOs), 33, a Ukraine native who fights out of Los Angeles, forfeit his purse