Former IBF Lightweight Champion Robert Easter Jr. received three gunshot wounds Sunday night during a robbery in Cincinnati, Ohio. According to doctors, Easter has a good chance of surviving after this incident. The boxer was shot when he tried to run away from a group of attackers who stole two gold chains, three diamond rings and a mobile phone from him. The news about the injury of the boxer was confirmed by his father and coach Easter Sr.
The bout of former world lightweight champion Robert Easter, Jr. (21-1-1, 14 KOs) and the former world champion in two divisions Rances Barthelemy (27-1-1, 14 KOs) was declared a draw by the judges. According to the results of the very boring 12 rounds, at which vacant WBA lightweight champion title was at stake, and which was the main event at the Cosmopolitan arena in Las Vegas, the judges gave the following scoring: 115-113 Easter, 115-113 Barthelemy and 114-114.
Live broadcast of the boxing evening from the Cosmopolitan Arena in Las Vegas, in the main event of which the former world lightweight champion Robert Easter Jr. will meet the former world champion in two weight categories Rances Barthelemy for the vacant regular WBA lightweight title.
In the main event of the evening at the Staples Center arena in Los Angeles, in the lightweight unification battle Mike Garcia (40-0, 30 KOs) scored a unanimous decision over Robert Easter, Jr. (21-1, 14 KOs) and added to his WBC title the IBF belt. The scores were: 116-111, 117-110, 118-109.
A live broadcast of the boxing evening from the arena of the Staples Center in Los Angeles, in the main event of which in the unification fight two top unbeaten lightweights Mikey Garcia and Robert Easter Jr. will collide.