GERVONTA DAVIS has handed himself into police after shocking video showed him grabbing his daughter’s mother viciously by the throat. The two-weight world champion, 25, has been charged with one count of simple battery domestic violence. ???? Footage has appeared of Gervonta Davis gripping a girl by the neck and dragging her away. No-one intervenes…. […]
GERVONTA DAVIS has handed himself into police after shocking video showed him grabbing his daughter’s mother viciously by the throat.
The two-weight world champion, 25, has been charged with one count of simple battery domestic violence.
Footage has appeared of Gervonta Davis gripping a girl by the neck and dragging her away.
No-one intervenes…. pic.twitter.com/0RDQlVbXdw
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Witnesses at the charity basketball game in Miami where the incident occurred said the boxer had been in a heated argument with Andretta Smothers before he got physical.
Davis said in an Instagram video after the altercation that he “was aggressive” but told fans he would “never hit her”.
But a police statement read: “As a result of an ongoing investigation after being notified through social media and the victim, on Feb 1 2020, [Davis] was observed battering his former girlfriend whom [sic] have child together.
“[Davis] surrendered himself to the Coral Gables Police detectives assigned to the case.”
WBA lightweight champ Davis, from Baltimore, New Maryland, further added in his video that he would never hurt Smothers.
He said: “I never once hit her.. yeah I was aggressive and told her come on.
“That’s the mother of my child, I would never hurt her.”
Davis and Smothers are parents to daughter Gervanni Davis, who was born in April 2018.
Davis’ record stands at 23-0 and he is promoted by boxing legend Floyd Mayweather.
He has a history of violence and was previously arrested for a reported street fight in 2018.
Last year he was forced to deny he had a police bust-up following an altercation with a man at a cash point.
