WBA champion Davis arrested after two-week search

WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis has been arrested in Miami for an alleged domestic violence incident following a two-week search.

Miami Gardens Police issued a warrant against American Davis on 15 January on charges of false imprisonment, battery and attempted kidnapping, relating to an incident in October.

He was arrested on Wednesday, with bail set at $16,000 (£11,500).

Officers in Miami have been working with the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force over the past two weeks to ascertain Davis' whereabouts.

In a statement earlier in January, police in Miami said Davis, 31, allegedly "grabbed" the victim "by the back of her hair with one hand and by her throat with the other", before "forcefully" trying to move her.

"Lead detective Gary Florencio obtained and viewed video surveillance footage that co-operates key elements of the victim's statement," the statement read.

Davis is also facing a civil lawsuit filed by former girlfriend Courtney Rossel in October.

The lawsuit accused Davis of battery, aggravated battery, false imprisonment, kidnapping and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Rossel is also seeking compensatory and punitive damages "of over $50,000" (£38,100) and has requested a jury trial.

Davis was set to fight YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in an exhibition in Miami on 14 November, but the bout was cancelled after the lawsuit was filed.

Six months ago another ex-girlfriend dropped a domestic violence case against Davis.

He was also arrested on battery domestic violence charges in February 2020 and December 2022.

Davis served 44 days in jail in 2023 after violating the terms of a 90-day house arrest sentence, in relation to a criminal hit-and-run case that occurred in his home city of Baltimore in November 2020.