Champion Boxer Gervonta Davis Charged with Assault in Girlfriend Incident
World champion boxer Gervonta Davis, 25, was arrested after a video emerged of an incident between him and an ex-girlfriend.
Davis was "observed battering his former girlfriend," the Coral Gables Police Department stated in a news release.
The incident was said to have happened at a celebrity basketball game on February 1, at the Watsco Center at the University of Miami according to the arrest report.
Davis, 25, could be seen in video surveillance walking over to the woman, grabbing her shirt "with his right hand close to her throat" and dragging her by her shirt to a separate room, stated on the arrest report. The Coral Gables Police Department has charged Davis with simple battery/domestic violence.
