Robert Easter Jr
RECORD
23 - 1 - 1
KOs
14
An alternate on the 2012 U.S. Olympic team, Toledo, Ohio, native Robert Easter Jr. had a quick ascent in becoming a 135-pound world champion. Read Bio
Last Fight
Win vs Ryan Martin
Feb 20, 2021 / Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut
Robert Easter Jr WINS against Ryan Martin by UD in Round 12 of 12
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Fights
Robert Easter Jr Fights
Win vs Ryan Martin 24-1-0
Feb 20, 2021 • Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut
Robert Easter Jr. WINS against Ryan Martin by UD in Round 12 of 12
Win vs Adrian Granados 20-8-2
Oct 26, 2019 • Santander Arena, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Robert Easter Jr WINS against Adrian Granados by UD in Round 10 of 10
Draw vs Rances Barthelemy 30-3-1
Apr 27, 2019 • The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas, Nevada
Robert Easter Jr. DRAWS with Rances Barthelemy by DR in Round 12 of 12
LOSS vs Mikey Garcia 40-2-0
Jul 28, 2018 • Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Mikey Garcia WINS against Robert Easter Jr. by UD in Round 12 of 12
LOSS vs Mikey Garcia 40-2-0
Jul 28, 2018 • Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Mikey Garcia WINS against Robert Easter Jr by UD in Round 12 of 12
Win vs Javier Fortuna 38-4-1
Jan 20, 2018 • Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
Robert Easter WINS against Javier Fortuna by SD in Round 12 of 12
Win vs Denis Shafikov 40-4-2
Jun 30, 2017 • Huntington Center, Toledo, Ohio
Robert Easter Jr. WINS against Denis Shafikov by UD in Round 12 of 12
Win vs Luis Cruz 22-5-1
Feb 10, 2017 • Huntington Center, Toledo, Ohio
Robert Easter Jr. WINS against Luis Cruz by UD in Round 12 of 12
Win vs Luis Cruz 22-5-1
Feb 10, 2017 • Huntington Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Robert Easter Jr WINS against Luis Cruz by UD in Round 12 of 12
Win vs Richard Commey 24-0-0
Sep 09, 2016 • Santander Arena, Reading, Pennsylvania
Robert Easter Jr. WINS against Richard Commey by SD in Round 12 of 12
Win vs Argenis Mendez 25-7-3
Apr 01, 2016 • DC Armory, Washington, D.C.
Robert Easter Jr WINS against Argenis Mendez by TKO in Round 5 of 10
Win vs Juan Ramon Solis 25-9-0
Oct 03, 2015 • U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Robert Easter Jr WINS against Juan Ramon Solis by TKO in Round 3 of 10
Win vs Osumanu Akaba 32-8-1
Aug 28, 2015 • Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Robert Easter Jr WINS against Osumanu Akaba by TKO in Round 6 of 10
Win vs Miguel Angel Mendoza 21-5-2
Jun 20, 2015 • MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Robert Easter Jr WINS against Miguel Angel Mendoza by KO in Round 2 of 10
Win vs Alejandro Rodriguez 22-15-1
Mar 07, 2015 • MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Robert Easter WINS against Alejandro Rodriguez by TKO in Round 2 of 8
Win vs Angel Hernandez 8-3-0
Dec 12, 2014 • UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Robert Easter Jr WINS against Angel Hernandez by UD in Round 10 of 10
Win vs Angel Hernandez 8-3-0
Dec 12, 2014 • UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Robert Easter WINS against Angel Hernandez by UD in Round 10 of 10
Win vs Roberto Acevedo-Santiago 13-13-3
Sep 06, 2014 • U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Robert Easter Jr WINS against Roberto Acevedo-Santiago by KO in Round 1 of 6
Win vs Roberto Acevedo 13-13-3
Sep 06, 2014 • U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Robert Easter WINS against Roberto Acevedo by KO in Round 1 of 6
Win vs Carlos Cardenas 20-7-1
May 02, 2014 • Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Robert Easter Jr WINS against Carlos Cardenas by UD in Round 8 of 8
Win vs Carlos Cardenas 20-7-1
May 02, 2014 • Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Robert Easter WINS against Carlos Cardenas by UD in Round 8 of 8
Win vs Daniel Attah 28-17-1
Jan 25, 2014 • DC Armory, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Robert Easter Jr WINS against Daniel Attah by UD in Round 8 of 8
Win vs Daniel Attah 28-17-1
Jan 25, 2014 • DC Armory, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Robert Easter WINS against Daniel Attah by UD in Round 8 of 8
Win vs Hardy Paredes 16-12-0
Dec 14, 2013 • Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Robert Easter Jr WINS against Hardy Paredes by KO in Round 1 of 8
Win vs Hardy Paredes 16-12-0
Dec 14, 2013 • Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Robert Easter WINS against Hardy Paredes by KO in Round 1 of 8
Win vs Lance Williams 6-1-0
Sep 12, 2013 • MGM Grand, Premier Ballroom, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Robert Easter Jr WINS against Lance Williams by TKO in Round 1 of 8
Win vs Lance Williams 6-1-0
Sep 12, 2013 • MGM Grand, MGM Conference Center, Premier Ballroom, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Robert Easter WINS against Lance Williams by TKO in Round 1 of 8
Win vs Lowell Brownfield 11-8-1
Aug 09, 2013 • Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, USA
Robert Easter Jr WINS against Lowell Brownfield by KO in Round 2 of 6
Win vs Lowell Brownfield 11-8-1
Aug 09, 2013 • Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, USA
Robert Easter WINS against Lowell Brownfield by KO in Round 2 of 6
Win vs Antoine Knight 2-3-0
Jun 22, 2013 • Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Robert Easter Jr WINS against Antoine Knight by TKO in Round 3 of 6
Win vs Antoine Knight 2-3-0
Jun 22, 2013 • Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Robert Easter WINS against Antoine Knight by TKO in Round 3 of 6
Win vs Eduardo Guillen 1-1-0
May 18, 2013 • Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Robert Easter Jr WINS against Eduardo Guillen by TKO in Round 2 of 4
Win vs Eduardo Guillen 1-1-0
May 18, 2013 • Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Robert Easter WINS against Eduardo Guillen by TKO in Round 2 of 4
Win vs Jose Valderrama 3-3-0
Feb 16, 2013 • Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Robert Easter WINS against Jose Valderrama by RTD in Round 1 of 4
Win vs David Castillo 3-4-0
Dec 08, 2012 • Business Expo Center, Anaheim, California, USA
Robert Easter Jr WINS against David Castillo by KO in Round 1 of 4
Win vs David Castillo 3-4-0
Dec 08, 2012 • Business Expo Center, Anaheim, California, USA
Robert Easter WINS against David Castillo by KO in Round 1 of 4
Win vs Eddie Corona 0-1-1
Nov 10, 2012 • Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Robert Easter Jr WINS against Eddie Corona by TKO in Round 2 of 4
Win vs Eddie Corona 0-1-0
Nov 10, 2012 • Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Robert Easter WINS against Eddie Corona by TKO in Round 2 of 4
Stats
Robert Easter Jr
- WINS 23
- LOSSES 1
- DRAWS 1
- KOs 14
Weight 140 lbs (63.64 kg)
Height 5'11" (1.8 m)
Reach 76" (193 cm)
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Born
January 26, 1991 -
Age
33 -
Country
USA -
Born in
Toledo, OH -
Trains in
Toledo, OH
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Stance
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Rounds Boxed
152 -
KO Percentage
60.87% -
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Robert Easter Jr Bio
Overcoming obstacles
Growing up in “The Mud”—the vernacular for the mean streets of South Toledo among its inner-city youth—Easter became known in the neighborhood as “E-Bunny.”
Being the son of a former professional fighter, boxing in general—and Robert Sr.’s influence as his trainer, in particular—kept Robert Jr. from getting caught up by the crime, violence, gangs and drugs which cost many friends their freedom, if not their lives.
On either side of his neck, Easter, Jr., has a tattoo of the names of both his mother, Robin Ellis, and Robert Sr. In addition, Easter Jr., whose grandfather, James Easter, was a boxer, wears the likeness on his left forearm of a friend who died in a gunfight outside a South Toledo bar.
“As a child, living in the ghetto, I watched my mom, Robin Ellis,” said Robert Jr., “She struggled with seven kids. I was third born and one of five boys and two girls.”
Even as a little boy, Easter watched footage of Robert Sr.’s fights, often wearing his father’s over-sized boxing trunks and mimicking his moves with bathroom tissue on his fists and Vaseline on his face.
“I would go to the gym with my father and run around. That’s when I was like 4 or 5 years old,” said Robert Jr., whose father retired in 1999 with a record of 9-3-2 (6 KOs) after campaigning at weights between 159-and-171 pounds. “I would come home, go to the bathroom, wrap toilet paper around my hands and put Vaseline on my face and shadowbox for hours. It was natural for me. It was like I was born into boxing.”
ON THE COME UP
After graduating from Bowsher High School in 2010, Easter qualified as an alternate on the 2012 U.S. Olympic boxing team. Easter’s amateur success led to a near run-in with future stable-mate and eventual four-division title-winner, Adrien Broner at a junior Olympics tournament in Broner’s hometown of Cincinnati.
“I was 10, and luckily Adrien was 11 so we were fighting in two different divisions,” said Easter. “I fought first and I stopped my guy, who was actually from Cincinnati. Then I saw this broad-shouldered kid with these nasty braids in his hair. He looked like an adult beating up on kids.”
At that point, Broner and Easter formed a bond, one that remains strong today. After spending a semester and a half in a local college, Easter dropped out, and, shortly thereafter, received an invitation from Broner and his corner man, Mike Stafford, to come and train with them in Cincinnati.
Later that year, Easter made his pro debut with a second-round TKO of Eddie Corona on November 10, 2012 at The Staples Center in Los Angeles. The triumph was the first of Easter’s eight straight knockouts in three or less rounds to begin his career, ending with a first-round KO of Hardy Paredes in December 2013.
Easter was 17-0 with 14 knockouts after his scoring of what, at the time, had been his biggest career win on April 1, 2016, a fifth-round TKO of former champion Argenis Mendez that represented the then-25-year-old’s fifth straight stoppage victory.
A NEW INSPIRATION
It was June 6, 2016, Robert Easter Sr.’s 48th birthday, when he learned that Robert Jr. was getting his first shot at a 135-pound title. Robert Sr. received another “blessing from God” the day he turned 49: the birth of grandson Robert Easter III.
“A year later, Robert's a world champion and his first child's born on my birthday," said Robert Sr. "He looks like Robert when he was a baby and had his hands balled up.”
By then, the nearly 6-foot Robert Jr. already had achieved championship glory, having risen from an eighth-round knockdown to win a fight for the IBF’s vacant 135-pound title by razor-thin split-decision over previously unbeaten Richard Commey, who entered their September, 2016 bout at 24-0 with 22 KOs.
Easter-Commey produced the PBC’s Round Of The Year in the closely contested ninth, with two of the judges giving it to Easter and one giving Commey the nod, factoring into Easter’s ultimately winning the fight.
Easter enjoyed homecomings for his next two victories, earning his first and second defenses by unanimous decisions over Luis Cruz and Denis Shafikov at The Huntington Center in his native Toledo in February and June 2017.
On the same day that his son “3-Bunny” was born, Easter was sparring 12 rounds in advance of his clash with Shafikov, who was coming off a split-decision over Commey in December 2016.
“Little man’s been keeping me up, but it’s all good," said Robert Jr. at the time. "Right after we had him, I still went to the boxing gym to work on my craft to train for this fight.”
A QUEST FOR GREATNESS
On January 20, seven days prior to his 27th birthday, Easter won his third defense by split-decision over two-division champion Javier Fortuna, a previously once-beaten southpaw who, in victory, would have become the first Dominican-born fighter to win a third crown in as many divisions.
On July 28, 2018, Easter attempted to unify versus WBC counterpart and four-division champion Mikey Garcia at The Staples Center in Los Angeles. However, he suffered his first career loss as Garcia used his veteran savvy and skills to drop Easter once in the third and win a 12-round unanimous decision.
"Whenever we step in the ring, we are both putting our lives on the line and tonight Mikey was victorious," said Easter. "I just couldn't find the timing and I just couldn't let my right hand go. He caught me with a clean shot and I went down, but I got up like a true champion."
On April 27, 2019, Easter and former world champion Rances Barthelemy fought to a 12-round split draw at Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. Easter would move up to super lightweight in his next bout, taking on dangerous slugger Adrian Granados on October 26, 2019, at Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania--the same place Easter won his first world title versus Richard Commey.
The bout was one of the year's best as both men gave as good as they got. Easter's boxing skill and power proved to be the difference as he won a 10-round unanimous decision. Scores read 100-90, 98-92 and 97-93.
“I felt strong at 140-pounds. I held my own," said Easter. "It was something new for me and I felt comfortable. Granados came and brought it and I knew he would make me fight.
“This was a hell of a test for me at 140 and I felt strong. I’m not calling out no body specifically, but you know there are champions in this weight class and I’m coming for all the bouts. Line ‘em up.”
A Threat in a New Weight Class
Easter returned to the ring on February 20, 2021, and showed his championship pedigree with a dominating unanimous decision victory over Chattanooga, Tenn.’s Ryan Martin (24-2, 14 KOs). The judges scored the fight 117-111 and 118-110 twice.
Fighting at 140-pounds again, Easter was sharp from the onset of the fight, using his jab and movement to effectively dictate the pace. The former IBF Lightweight World Champion, fighting for the first time in 16 months, was successful in his second contest at 140 pounds. He showed no signs of ring rust as he landed 82 of 339 jabs and connected on 40 percent of his power punches. While Martin was busier, throwing 90 more punches than the Toledo native, it was Easter who was far more accurate as he outlanded Martin 161-118 in total punches.
Easter was cut for the first time in his career after an accidental headbutt in the eighth round, but still continued his dominance for the remainder of the fight in a composed and masterful performance.