Boxing champion Gervonta’ Tank’ Davis has turned himself into police on a domestic violence charge after a video surfaced showing him violently grabbing his ex-girlfriend went viral.
“As a result of an ongoing investigation after being notified through social media and the victim, on February 1, 2020, the above pictured subject was observed battering his former girlfriend whom have a child together. The below individual surrendered himself to the Coral Gables police detectives assigned to the case,” a news release from the Coral Gables Police Department read.
Since the incident made the rounds on the internet, Gervonta hopped onto his social media in an attempt to quash the rumors.
“I never once hit her, yea I was aggressive and told her come on… that’s the mother of my child I would never hurt her other than that happy New Years.. January was trash,” he said in the since-deleted video.
The Floyd Mayweather protege has been charged with one count of simple battery domestic violence.