EX-IBF Champ Robert Easter Jr Shot Multiple Times During Cincinnati Robbery Sunday Night

TOLEDO, OH. (THECOUNT) — Former IBF lightweight champion Robert Easter Jr. was rushed into surgery after he was shot during a robbery attempt in Cincinnati, Ohio Sunday night.

Easter, 31, 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, reports WTOL.

Easter is in surgery to remove bullet fragments, but is expected to survive. WTOL 11 has requested a police report from Cincinnati police.

Easter graduated from Bowsher High School. He was named an alternate on the 2012 U.S. Olympic boxing team.

He won the IBF lightweight championship in 2016 and held it until 2018.

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