Boxer Gervonta Davis arrested on domestic violence charge in Florida | Gervonta Davis

Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis was arrested on Friday in Florida for an accusation of domestic violence, almost a month after having pretended his ex-girlfriend in front of her house on the day of Fathers.

Davis, 30, was placed in police custody in Miami Beach and reserved for the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in the county of Miami-Dade. He is detained without surety, according to prison files.

Police said that the World Boxing Association’s light boxing champion went to his former girlfriend in Doral on the night of June 15 to recover their two children. An argument turned into a physical confrontation, during which Davis would have hit the woman in the back of the head and slapped her in the face when she reached her car. The slap caused a minor cut with its lip, according to the arrest report.

The victim sent an SMS to his mother at the incident, saying that Davis had attacked him. When the mother came out, she saw her daughter cry and arguing with Davis. According to the police, the video of the mobile phone taken by the mother shows that Davis launching a small box on the victim.

Davis refused to sign a Miranda warning form when questioned by the police. He was accused of battery causing bodily lesions.

The arrest is added to the history of Davis legal disorders, including a household battery charge in 2020 and a prison sentence linked to a flight accident in 2021 in Baltimore.

Davis fought for the last time in March, when he kept his light title by beating Lamont Roach Jr by a highly disputed draw in Brooklyn.

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