Boxer Gervonta 'tank' Davis Arrested In South Florida On Domestic Violence Charge

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Professional boxer Gervonta "Tank" Davis was arrested early Friday greeting successful South Florida connected a misdemeanor home unit charge.

Davis, 30, was picked up soon aft midnight adjacent nan celebrated Lincoln Road area of Miami Beach, officials said.

The complaint was connected to an incident that occurred past period successful Doral, a residential metropolis successful occidental Miami-Dade, Miami Beach constabulary spokesperson Christopher Bess said. Davis and his conveyance accusation had been added to a rule enforcement database, and a licence sheet scholar group up successful Miami Beach flagged his car.

Miami Beach constabulary made nan first extremity and past turned Davis complete to Doral police, Bess said.

Davis was being held connected $10,000 bail. Jail and tribunal records didn't database an lawyer for Davis. His promoter didn't instantly respond to an email seeking comment.

Davis, who is from Baltimore, is successful nan regular speech for champion pound-for-pound boxer. The WBA lightweight champion won his first 30 bouts, 28 by knockout, pinch his devastating punching powerfulness drafting sellouts crowds from New York to Washington to Las Vegas.

But Davis was booed during his astir caller fight. Despite being an overwhelming favorite, he underperformed March 1 successful Brooklyn's Barclays Center but escaped pinch a mostly tie against Lamont Roach that allowed Davis to clasp his belt.

Referee Steve Willis' determination not to grant Roach a knockdown successful nan ninth information yet changed nan fight's outcome.

Whether that capacity was a one-off for Davis aliases an denotation of a declining fighter, crowds still apt will move retired to spot Davis if and erstwhile he returns to nan ringing aft his astir caller ineligible trouble.

He was sentenced to 90 days of location apprehension for a hit-and-run successful November 2020 successful Baltimore that injured respective people. Davis yet served nan remainder of nan condemnation successful jailhouse aft checking into a luxury edifice and past a caller location without nan court's permission.

Davis besides was charged successful 2 different home unit cases, some successful South Florida. The first lawsuit was discharged, according to ESPN. The 2nd was dismissed aft nan female refused to property charges.