Former lightweight world boxing champion Robert Easter Jr is in hospital after he was shot three times by a group of robbers on Sunday, his father has said. Easter was taken to hospital in Cincinnati, ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — Amateur boxing returns to the Valley next weekend with an event called “Easter Bash” presented by the South Side Boxing Club. Watch the video above to hear more about the ...

Boxing fans tend to love nothing more than two undefeated champions doing battle in the middle of the ring, and that's exactly what we're going to see on Saturday night when Mikey Garcia and Robert ...

There are myriad elements to a boxing match. Winners – and, on the highest level, champions – are typically the fighters that have the better skill sets, the greater power punches and the bigger ...

In combat sports, often the best fights are produced when both competitors have something to prove. The slight air of desperation between fighters has long been a great recipe for action and ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledo boxing champion Robert Easter Jr. was found guilty Tuesday of an assault charge. Easter, 30, originally pleaded not guilty but changed his plea Tuesday to no contest. A judge ...

Robert Easter Jr. didn’t deliver the knockout he promised Friday night, but he still sent his hometown fans home happy. The much taller, quicker Easter used his skill and athleticism to fend off ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Robert Easter Jr. will defend his IBF lightweight title 9 p.m. Friday night at the Huntington Center in his hometown of Toledo. Easter (19-0) will fight Denis Shafikov (38-2-1) in ...

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Mikey Garcia’s homecoming developed into a thunderous success, both in the ovation he drew and the punches he threw. Dominating his lightweight-title unification with Robert Easter Jr. on Saturday ...