{"id":445169,"date":"2026-01-29T12:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/445169\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:57:10","slug":"boxer-gervonta-davis-arrested-on-fresh-battery-charge-after-two-week-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/445169\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxer Gervonta Davis arrested on fresh battery charge after two-week search"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gervonta Davis<\/a> has been arrested on a fresh battery charge, along with charges of false imprisonment and attempted kidnapping, following a two-week search for the boxing<\/a> champion.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the Miami Gardens Police Department announced that it had arrested the American, 31, \u201cin connection with an incident reported at a Miami Gardens business on 27 October 2025\u201d.<\/p>\n

The department said its Special Investigations Section, working with the United States Marshals fugitive task force, had \u201clocated and [taken] the subject into custody without incident in the Miami Design District\u201d.<\/p>\n

The department confirmed that Davis had been arrested on charges of battery, false imprisonment and attempted kidnapping. Government records show that Davis\u2019s bond has been set at $16,000.<\/p>\n

The news comes two weeks after the Miami Gardens Police Department issued a warrant for Davis\u2019s arrest, relating to the alleged incident in October.<\/p>\n

The Independent has approached a representative of Davis for comment.<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s news marks the fourth time that Davis has been arrested on a battery charge. He was previously arrested on domestic-violence charges in 2020 and 2022, while another domestic-violence case against him was dropped last year. <\/p>\n

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Davis took a knee against Lamont Roach Jr, but the latter was controversially awarded no knockdown (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Davis has a history of legal issues, but many of the cases filed against the boxer have been dropped. However, he is currently facing a civil lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend Courtney Rossel in October<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The undefeated \u201cTank\u201d has held the WBA lightweight belt since 2019, although he was named \u201cchampion in recess\u201d this month, with his future as title-holder in doubt. Previously, he held world titles at super-featherweight.<\/p>\n

Davis was due to fight Jake Paul last November, but his legal troubles saw him removed from his bout with the influencer<\/a>. Paul went on to fight former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in December, losing by knockout<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Davis last competed in March, fighting Lamont Roach Jr to a controversial draw<\/a>. It was expected that the pair would clash again later in 2025, but the fight fell through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-445169","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}