Boxer Gervonta Davis Arrested in South Florida on Domestic Violence Charges

The WBA lightweight champion is being held on $10,000 bond after allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend last month.

Gervonta Davis in action against Rolando Romero during their fight for Davis's WBA World lightweight title at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on May 28, 2022. Al Bello/Getty Images

Professional boxer Gervonta “Tank” Davis has been arrested on battery and domestic violence charges in Florida, nearly a month after he allegedly assaulted his ex-girlfriend.

According to Miami-Dade County inmate records, the 30-year-old was taken into custody on July 11 in Miami Beach before being transported by the Doral Police Department.

The WBA lightweight champion posted his $10,000 bond Friday afternoon, per arrest records, and was appointed a private attorney at jail arraignment.

The incident in question occurred last month outside of his ex-girlfriend’s residence in Doral, Florida.

Davis’s next arraignment hearing is scheduled for July 29 at 9:30 a.m. local time. Judge Elisabeth Maria Espinosa Marin, presiding over the case, issued a stay-away order instructing him to have zero pre-trial contact with the victim.

The Epoch Times has reached out to his promoter for comment and did not receive a response by the time of publication.

Davis holds a record of 30–0–1 (Win–Loss–Draw) with 28 wins by knockout. He last fought in March, with the match ending in a majority draw against Lamont Roach Jr. at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

News of the arrest has put the potential Aug. 16 rematch between the two in limbo, with Roach reacting to the news on social media.

“In all seriousness hopefully buddy aint do that, ion wish jail on no [expletive],” he wrote on X.

The Baltimore native has had a history of brushes with the law over the years, including a 2020 domestic battery charge in Florida and jail time stemming from a hit-and-run crash that left four people injured that same year.

According to a news release, Davis was first arrested and charged with battery and domestic violence in February 2020 after voluntarily turning himself in to the Coral Gables Police Department.

In video surveillance footage that circulated on social media at the time, the boxer was observed “battering his former girlfriend” on the campus of the University of Miami, according to the charges.

He was held on $1,500 bail and denied the allegations made against him.

Later that year, in November, Davis was accused of fleeing the scene of an accident after running a red light in his Lamborghini and crashing into a Toyota with four occupants inside, which included a pregnant woman.

He was sentenced to 90 days of house arrest in May 2023, after pleading guilty to four traffic offenses, but ultimately was ordered to serve the remainder of his sentence behind bars following a June court hearing.

Davis was also charged in two other domestic violence cases in South Florida, both of which were eventually dropped.