Robert Easter Jr.

According to a report from an ABC affiliate in Toledo, Ohio, former boxing champ Robert Easter Jr. is currently recovering after being shot several times in a robbery, but is expected to make a full recovery. The pro boxer was a victim of an armed robbery, with the assailants making...

Former world lightweight champion Robert Easter Jr. updated fans from a hospital bed as he heals from a series of gunshot wounds. Easter was shot three times during a robbery gone bad on Sunday evening. He underwent emergency surgery for the damages, including ‘a messed up arm’. Three...

Former IBF lightweight titleholder Robert Easter Jr. remains hospitalized after being shot three times in a robbery attempt in Cincinnati on Sunday night. Easter (23-1-1, 14 KOs) of Toledo, Ohio underwent surgery to remove bullet fragments but is expected to live. According to WTOL 11, Easter was confronted at around...

CINCINNATI — A professional boxer said he was shot three times when someone robbed him over the weekend in Cincinnati. According to WTOL, Robert Easter Jr., 31, of Toledo, Ohio, is recovering in the hospital after the incident, which occurred about 6:30 p.m. Sunday on Sycamore Street. The former...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledo boxer Robert Easter Jr. is undergoing surgery at a Cincinnati hospital after he was robbed and shot multiple times Sunday night. His father, Robert Easter Sr., confirmed the news to WTOL 11 Monday morning. He said the former IBF lightweight champion was shot three times after he was confronted about 6:30 p.m. by a group of men who demanded money.

A Toledo professional boxer was shot in Cincinnati on Sunday, apparently in a robbery, Cincinnati police said. Robert Easter, Jr., 31, whose condition was not released, told investigators he was shot just before 7 p.m. in the 1100 block of Sycamore Street, in the central part of the city, according to police.