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Boxer Gervonta Davis faces battery-domestic violence charge

Boxer Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis was booked Friday, July 11 on battery and domestic violence charges in Florida, according to Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation records.

Davis, the WBA lightweight champion, is in Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami-Dade County and bond has not yet been set, according to records.

Davis, 30, has a history of legal trouble, including a 2020 domestic battery charge in Florida and jail time related to fleeing the scene of a hit-and-run accident.

He was 30-0 until his last fight, when Davis and Lamont Roach Jr. fought to a controversial draw.

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