Miami (AFP) – Unbeaten world lightweight boxing champion Gervonta Davis was arrested Friday on battery and domestic violence charges from a June incident, according to multiple reports. The 30-year-old American allegedly assaulted his former girlfriend on June 15, Father’s Day, outside her home in Doral, according to WPLG-TV, the Miami Herald, and TMZ.
Davis, who lives in Coral Springs, was taken into custody in Miami Beach, according to an arrest report cited by media. Police said Davis and the woman were in a relationship for about four years and had two children, and that the incident took place when Davis went to the woman’s home to pick up the children. A verbal dispute began and led to a physical altercation, police said, when Davis demanded she retrieve the children from his car, then struck the woman in the back of the head and slapped her in the face, cutting her lip.
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The police report said the woman called her mother, who came out of the house to the scene and filmed part of the incident, in which Davis tossed a small box at the victim. Davis, a southpaw fighter, has a ring record of 30-0 with one draw and 28 knockouts. His most recent bout was a controversial majority draw against compatriot Lamont Roach in New York last March, in which Davis kept the World Boxing Association lightweight crown.
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