Baltimore boxer Gervonta Davis was arrested Tuesday in South Florida on a domestic violence charge of battery causing bodily harm, according to court records.
Davis, 28, is in jail Wednesday morning in downtown Fort Lauderdale pending a $1,000 surety bond, according to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office. No further details were immediately available.
Battery-cause bodily harm in Florida is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail, 12 months probation and a $1,000 fine.
A representative for the fighter did not respond to a request for comment. Davis is scheduled to fight Hector Luis Garcia in Washington on Jan. 7 and had been training in South Florida.
He is already awaiting a Feb. 16 trial on hit-and-run charges in Baltimore after a judge rejected a plea agreement under which the boxer would have avoided jail time.
Earlier this month, a Miami-Dade County judge closed a battery case against Davis in connection with a February 2020 case in which he was accused of harming the mother of his daughter at a charity basketball game. The case was listed as nolle prosequi, according to Miami-Dade court records, meaning prosecutors declined to pursue it.
It was not immediately clear whether the new charge against Davis (27-0, 25 knockouts) would prevent him from headlining the Jan. 7 Showtime pay-per-view card against Garcia at Washington’s Capital One Arena. That bout is considered a tuneup for the biggest fight of Davis’ career in the spring against Ryan Garcia.
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