Report: Gervonta Davis Arrested In Broward County, Florida; Awaits Hearing On Domestic Violence Charge

Gervonta Davis was arrested Tuesday night and awaits a bond listening to on an alleged home violence incident lower than two weeks from his subsequent deliberate combat.  

Based on Broward County (Florida) inmate data, Parkland police positioned the unbeaten WBA light-weight titlist below arrest on one depend of Battery Inflicting Bodily Hurt. Davis is because of seem earlier than a decide on Wednesday for a primary look listening to, at which period the fees shall be formally launched together with bond suggestions.   

Additional particulars—together with when the alleged incident happened and the concerned get together (-ies)—weren’t instantly made accessible to BoxingScene.com as this goes to publish.

The event comes eleven days forward of Davis’ deliberate WBA ‘Common’ light-weight title protection versus Dominican Republic’s Hector Luis Garcia (16-0, 10KOs; 3NC). Davis is coaching in South Florida for the upcoming bout which is at present scheduled to headline a January 7 Showtime Pay-Per-View occasion introduced by Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) from Capital One Area in Washington, D.C.

Representatives from Showtime weren’t accessible for remark given the late hour improvement. PBC doesn’t touch upon lively authorized issues.

The statute related to the arrest report states that “(1) (a) the offense of battery happens when an individual… (2) An individual who has one prior conviction for battery, aggravated battery, or felony battery and who commits any second or subsequent battery commits a felony of the third diploma, punishable as supplied in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. For functions of this subsection, “conviction” means a dedication of guilt that’s the results of a plea or a trial, no matter whether or not adjudication is withheld or a plea of nolo contendere is entered.”

Davis was beforehand arrested and charged in a Miami-Dade County court docket with two misdemeanor counts of Easy Battery Home Violence in February 2020 throughout Tremendous Bowl week in Miami. The court docket case lingered for practically three years earlier than the prosecution deserted the fees on December 13 in keeping with Dade County Clerk of the Courts data.

The 28-year-old southpaw remains to be as a result of stand trial on February 16 in his Baltimore hometown, the place he faces a number of misdemeanor fees from his alleged involvement in a November 2020 hit-and-run incident. His authorized staff tried to current a plea settlement that was reached with the Baltimore Metropolis State’s Lawyer’s workplace but it surely was rejected by a Baltimore Metropolis Circuit court docket decide on September 22.

Davis’s upcoming combat with Dominican Republic’s Garcia—a WBA junior light-weight titlist transferring up in weight—was supposed to assist promote an agreed upon superfight with Victorville, California’s Ryan Garcia (23-0, 19KOs; no relation to Hector) later subsequent spring.

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Jake Donovan is a senior author for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox