Former IBF lightweight champion Robert Easter Jr. was reportedly shot three times on Sunday night during a street robbery in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is expected to survive. According to WTOL-TV, Easter Jr. was shot while attempting to flee from a group of thugs who robbed him of two gold chains, three diamond rings and his cell phone.
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And Hoodrats wonder why nobody likes them. I hope Robert Easter survives and get vindication of these low-life scumbags.
It was probably Broner
I wish Easter a speedy recovery and hope to see him back in the ring soon, but that comment is hilarious!…Easter seems like a cool cat, but he can’t seem to stay out of trouble. Two years ago, there was an article on Fightnews about him being accused of assaulting a stripper at a strip club. Not sure if he himself is actually culpapable in any of this, but he definitely hangs out with the wrong crowd in the wrong places.
Oh my God Pete I was not expecting that comment! Absolutely Hilarious!!!! Broner’s broke ass probably set the whole thing up! Get well E-Bunny!!! Get healthy and see you soon! Lots of good matchups for you @40
Outstanding comment. Thank you for the chuckle.
I kind of forget about him sometimes. Best wishes to him, glad it isn’t life threatening. Get well soon champ.
Scary and sad hope he recovers
This is why I wear no jewelry when going out and have a flip-top phone.
Gary G agree about the jewlry but I download horse racing info everyday on my phone would be lost without it
ATF reports Cincinnati not exactly the safest city in Ohio. I wonder why with all the drugs floating through the city from Columbus and Toledo.
Hey now, Toledo gets their drugs from Detroit via Canada. Just like the booze during prohibition.
SteveG:
Best things that came out of Detroit, IMO:
1). Kronk gym.
2). Pontiac.
3). ????????
Best things that came out of Canada:
1). Moosehead beer.
2). Molson Golden beer (before they were bought out by Coors).
3). Crown Royal.
4). ????????????
This was a great boxing town in the days of Hearns and company. Still have local cards but not really promoted at all.
I suppose you’re gonna tell we can’t listen to rush no more? Or the bearnaked ladies
– super troopers 2
For sure not getting them via Canada-they are very strict about who crosses the border.
You are obviously not keen on that big body of water between the countries. Long history of boaters moving products illegally.
scooby doo
this is bad. columbus, cleveland and cincinnati are real cities, with real crime.
IT’S LIKE THAT IN ALL CITY’S SCOOB… THEN THE COPS GET A LITTLE ROUGH WITH PEOPLE AND YOUR CALLED NAMES LIKE RACIST, HONKY AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF… I WOULDN’T BE A COP FOR ALL THE MONEY IN CHINA
“A little rough” you mean like all the police killings? If you can kill a man, let alone a kid! Surely you can handle a little name calling. Yea we’re glad you’re not a cop either. Sounds like you’d be the first to “get a little rough.” Do it Without a badge.
Where are all the BLM activists to burn down buildings and loot whatever they can get their hands on as a result of this senseless crime? Why is it that they never care when their own kill or injure each other? Which by the way, happens every. single. day.
They are probably with the white males who constantly shoot up schools, movies, concerts, and movie theaters and then blame it on blacks.
Also 99 percent of black lives matter activist don’t burn down buildings or riot.
I think you meant to say “DO”, right?
I’D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE YOU’VE BEEN HIDING UNDER A ROCK OR WHAT… IT’S TRUE YA SEE A FEW WHITE PEOPLE DOING IT BUT 90% ARE BLACK AND PERSONALLY IT GETS TIRING…
You believe everything you see on tv huh? Media has you sounding ignorant.
EXACTLY!
Constantly? I think not. Black on black or just black crime in general is a daily event. Yet they only care when a white guy kills one of them like that worthless lowlife George Floyd. Imagine making up 20% of the population but being responsible for 80-90% of the crime. How embarrassing.
I’m white but you can be sure white people kill each other everyday as well. Maybe you should post in a political forum as this should be about boxing.
I AGREE JOHNNY
Same reason you only say black on black crime is terrible when it’s not whites killing whites which is more often. ♂️
The cowardice of short thugs with a complex who rob continues. It makes smart ones be selective about where and how often they wear their chains. Sad how weak they are to avoid a 1 on 1.
“Drop your thangs and just box”
All races have their downfalls. But, it is a FACT that the 13 percent commit 50 percent of murders. Indisputable.
Don’t get it twisted whites have killed more than blacks ever have and ever will. How quickly we forget!
Hope Easter recovers and them low life scumbags get prison.
This reminds me of what happened to former middle weight world contender Michael Watson was attacked by 3 hoodlums for no reason and were given life sentence.
Didn’t Michael Watson end up with brain damage?
u r right dont forget Vernon Forrest murdered in Atl
RIP Vernon “The Viper” Forrest.
I hope Easter, Jr. fully recovers.
Unfortunately, in various cities/communities in the USA, there are tragic, inexcusable absences of proper accountability, genuine value of self/others and lawful work ethics (just to name a few).
Folks, be careful out there, stay alert and trust your experience(s)/instincts/common sense in all situations.
Since stats are being thrown out…estimates of 100 million blacks murdered during the slave trade and in slavery through laws such as the “Casual Killing Act” in the America’s during a 400 year span, estimates of 60 million Native Americans murdered and removed from their ancestral land during Manifest Destiny and Westward expansion in America, 90 million Natives murdered in central and South America from Columbus on up, and amazingly very few committed by the hands of blacks or natives, and that doesn’t count the countless rapes from “no rape laws”. Poverty and crime go hand in hand; some of y’all might be better served knowing how these conditions got systematically created in the first place; if you had empathy, you might actually feel bad. Oh, and gun murders were much higher during the “Wild West” where outlaws like Billy The Kid and Josey Wales are glorified in history books, and with less people, do your research. Speedy recovery for Robert Easter.
Prayers…
Good luck to Easter. Please guys, wear replica jewelry, if you have to wear any at all. Make sure people know it is replica (fake) and that the real thing is in a safe-deposit box. One famous boxer went on TV and told those watching that his necklace cost $1 million! Wear that around his hometown of Baltimore and see what happens. Boxing managers and trainers should be teaching these guys some common sense.
DMV. I meant actual facts. 51.3 percent last year. I was talking BASIC MATH. Might not fit your current narrative. More whites were slaves in that time period than any race you mentioned. The Poor had it bad. The Poor, asshole.
By the way. I’m a black man.
No one deserves to be robbed and assaulted because of what they can afford. HOWEVER, this is a reminder to be aware of your surroundings. There are envious people out there so its probably not a good idea to wear flashy jewelry at night or in questionable areas in the day time.
More Black on black on crime. SMH ♂️
They are ALMOST catching up to the white on white crime huh?
I apologize to any of my good hearted white brothers for stooping and perpetuating any ignorance in return for ignorance which is still ignorant on my part. Race definitely had nothing to do with this article and this day fwrd I am 100% dedicated to returning hate with love to turn this thing around. Satan will not have me, and he will not have this nation!
I also remember that Zab Judah was robbed in NYC back in the day.
Being from Springfield Ohio I saw many things go down and Easter who I hope Recovers 100% should know better not to be hanging out in those areas flaunting cash and jewelry. Easter was arrested back in November for punching a stripper in the Ohio area. He doesn’t know how to move away and forget about his Boyz from the hood SMH
I remember ducking drive bys leaving night school at Hughes & Taft. I was a poor white boy brought up in Easter’s area of Ohio. 99% of my friends where black and made ends meet the wrong way. I been too many boxing gyms on Ohio and did well in the amateur program. I now live a normal life in Florida with a family of 4, own a home, and will Never forget where I grew up. Best for Easter
– Good for you, Boills.
– Best of luck going forward.
– Take care.
JT: white indentured servitude and black chattel slavery are not even comparable in terms of the brutality and long lasting psychological and economic effect on people of color. Plenty of black men, unfortunately, historically fit the mold of a benefactor of meritorius mannumission, which you seem to proudly do, if you are in fact melinated. And what makes your stats factual? Because the FBI or DOJ said so? Funny how the powers at be don’t have “accurate” stats on the things that I mentioned on themselves. Too many victims to count maybe?
Hope he will get better soon to testify against these low life sc….