Lightweight boxing champion Gervonta Davis has been arrested by the police authorities in Florida over suspicion of domestic violence, almost a week and a half ahead of his next bout.
According to various media outlets, Gervonta Davis was arrested by Parkland police in Florida and booked into Broward County Jail on Tuesday night. Read on to know more insights about the whole case.
Gervonta Davis has been arrested over domestic violence
Yeah, you read that right. As per records that have popped up on the internet, Gervonta Davis has been arrested by Parkland police in Florida. Soon after, he was booked into Broward County Jail.
Davis was arrested by the cops on Tuesday night, December 27, 2022. He was caught by the police authorities for what is listed as battery causing bodily harm, which is a domestic violence offense.
Breaking News: Gervonta Davis ?? was arrested in Broward County. Putting his fight with Hector Luis García ?? at risk. The official charge is Battery Causing Bodily Harm with Domestic Violence #Boxing pic.twitter.com/3MQsAkdRg3
— Broadway Joel ?? (@_BroadwayJoel) December 28, 2022
Davis is 28 years old at the moment. When we talk about the professional boxing career of Gervonta, he is 27-0 with 25 knockouts. He is set to fight Hector Luis Garcia at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. on January 7. Let us share with you, the boxing fans were excited to potentially see Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia fight in 2023.
Gervonta Davis got physical with his baby mama Andretta Smothers at an NBA game in the year 2020
For those of you who are unaware, let us tell you, in the year 2020, Gervonta Davis was caught on video getting physical with his baby mama Andretta Smothers at a celebrity basketball event in Miami. The event saw the light of day in February 2020.
As per a report by New York Post, back in the year 2020, the professional boxer was charged with simple battery domestic assault after forcefully grabbing the mother of his child by her neck.
In the video that surfaced on social media, Davis took his former girlfriend out of her seat at a charity basketball game at the University of Miami. Not only that, he pushed his ex-girlfriend out of the arena while having an argument.
The clip obtained by TMZ showed the altercation that happened between Davis and his former flame Andretta Smothers at the basketball game. In the footage, Gervonta seems to take a swing in the direction of the woman, who comes charging back at him seconds later.
It has been reported by the media outlet that the two of them parted ways before Davis got into a separate dispute with another man in the room, who appeared to be recording the video of the entire incident on his mobile phone.
In a since-deleted Instagram post, Gervonta Davis wrote, “I never once hit her. Yea I was aggressive and told her come on … That’s the mother of my child. I would never hurt her other than that happy new years January was trassshhhh.”
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