“We signed a new contract with Andy Cruz a couple of days before the fight,” Hearn said to Carlos Linares. It was a fight that could have gone Cruz’s way because he was landing shots and getting out of the way of Muratalla. Staying at lightweight gives Cruz the chance to potentially fight Shakur Stevenson, Abdullah Mason, Floyd Schofield, William Zepeda, and Lamont Roach. “I think his stock went up in that fight,” Hearn said about Cruz. I wouldn’t say that Andy Cruz’s stock went up after this fight.