Robert Easter Jr.

Easter made his professional debut on November 10, 2012, stopping Eddie Corona in two rounds. A further seven consecutive fights were won by stoppage, until an eight-round unanimous decision (UD) against Daniel Attah on January 25, 2014. Easter scored his first notable win on April 1, 2016, stopping former world champion Argenis Mendez in five rounds.

In his next fight, on September 9, 2016, Easter faced undefeated top contender Richard Commey of Ghana for the IBF lightweight title. The fight was a scintillating one and an extremely competitive bout. Commey was able to knock Easter down with a counter right hand in the eight round, albeit it was a controversial knockdown as Easter's glove barely grazed the canvas. Easter was then able to subsequently stagger Commey in the ninth as he was hit was a massive shot by Easter when he was against the ropes. Easter then hurt Commey again severely in the twelfth and final round with a right hand, nearly knocking him down as Commey's knees buckled and he had to hold on to survive. Easter was able to win a split decision (115-112, 114-113, and 113-114) on the judge's scorecards.

His first defense, on February 10, 2017, was rousingly successful, as he scored three knockdowns against Luis Cruz en route to a UD. On June 30, Easter had a much tougher outing against mandatory challenger Denis Shafikov, whom he defeated via unanimous decision after a competitive and hard-hitting slugfest.

Easter was scheduled to make his third defense of his IBF lightweight title against contender Javier Fortuna on January 20, 2018 in the Barclays Center on the undercard of the Errol Spence Jr. and Lamont Peterson fight. Fortuna came in overweight so it was no longer a defense for Easter Jr. as he would've retained his belt even if Fortuna won the fight. Nonetheless Easter gave a shaky performance as the shorter southpaw Fortuna was able to trouble Easter with his hand-speed and movement, he was even able to rattle Easter multiple times throughout the fight. However Fortuna had a point deducted in the second round due to tactical misconduct. Even though Easter's performance was underwhelming he was able to earn a very controversial split decision from the judges (114-113, 115-112, and 113-114) which resulted in an on pour of boos from the crowd.

On April 17, 2018, Mikey Garcia vacated the IBF light welterweight title, confirming he would drop back to lightweight to defend his WBC title. On April 24, WBC president Sulaiman stated Garcia would participate in a lightweight unification with Easter Jr in the summer. On May 1, it was reported that the fight would likely take place in July or August at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. July 28 was later confirmed as the fight date.

On 27 April, 2019, Easter Jr fought Rances Barthelemy for the vacant WBA regular lightweight title. Both fighters were reluctant to engage throughout the fight, with both only occasionally letting their hands go. According to ShoStats, Easter Jr landed 54 punches, while Barthelemy landed 52 punches altogether. Each fighter won on one judges' scorecard 115-113, while the third judge scored the fight as a draw 114-114, concluding the result to a split-decision draw.