Easter-Barthelemy yields split draw, vacant title

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    Before Robert Easter Jr. and Rances Barthelemy met for a vacant secondary lightweight world title on Saturday night, Easter predicted, "This fight is going to be a lot of action and I don't think it's going to make it to the final bell."

    He was wrong on both counts, as the former world titleholders turned in a dismal Showtime main event that ended in a split draw at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. One judge scored the fight 115-113 for Easter, one had it 115-113 for Barthelemy and one had it 114-114, meaning the 135-pound belt at stake will remain vacant.

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