Rances Barthelemy won Saturday night in his first fight since his inconceivably boring bout with Robert Easter Jr. nearly two years ago.

The Cuban junior welterweight contender defeated All Rivera rather easily, but Barthelemy did little to take advantage of the national television exposure FOX afforded him in their 10-round bout. The 34-year-old Barthelemy seemed content to pot-shot the Philippines’ Rivera and cruise to victory in an unremarkable bout on the Caleb Plant-Caleb Truax undercard at Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles.

Judges Max De Luca (100-90), Lou Moret (99-91) and Zach Young (97-93) each scored Barthelemy an easy winner versus Rivera.

Barthelemy (28-1-1, 14 KOs, 1 NC), a Las Vegas resident raised in Cuba, fought for the first time since his heavily criticized performance in a 12-round split draw with Easter in April 2019 in Las Vegas. Rivera (21-5, 18 KOs) was knocked out in the first round by Malik Hawkins two bouts before he battled Barthelemy, yet Barthelemy couldn’t hurt him.

Rivera was aggressive early in the 10th and final round, and he landed a straight left with just over 2:20 to go in it. By then, though, Barthelemy had built entirely too much of a lead to lose unless Rivera somehow knocked him out.

Barthelemy let his hands go only occasionally during the eighth and ninth rounds, but he moved around enough to keep Rivera from hitting him clean.

Rivera connected with a straight left just before the halfway point of the seventh round. A right-left combination by Barthelemy landed with just under 30 seconds to go in the seventh.

Barthelemy snapped back Rivera’s just after the midway mark of the sixth round. He also drilled Rivera with an overhand left from long range later in the sixth.

A right hook by Rivera knocked Barthelemy off balance with just under a minute remaining in the fifth round.

Barely a minute into the fourth round, Barthelemy landed a right hand, but Rivera quickly came back with a left hand that made Barthelemy retreat. Rivera and Barthelemy traded during the final minute of that fourth round.

Rivera’s left hand blasted Barthelemy with about 40 seconds to go in the third round. Barthelemy landed several lefts of his own after taking that shot from Rivera.

For the second straight round, Rivera suffered a cut in the third round, this time over his left eye.

Barthelemy boxed from a southpaw stance for most of the second round and unloaded several hard, straight, left hands on Rivera. A cut opened around Rivera’s right eye in the final minute of that second round, which caused Reis to call for a brief break to examine it.

Barthelemy tried to land rights to Rivera’s body during the first round. He finally let his hands go during the final 10 seconds of the opening round, when Barthelemy landed a left and a right as he backed Rivera into the ropes.

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.