Gervonta Davis was arrested in Miami on Wednesday, ending a weeks-long search that began after authorities issued a warrant for the WBA lightweight champion on domestic violence charges.
Davis faces charges of battery, false imprisonment, and attempted kidnapping related to an incident at a Miami Gardens gentlemen’s club on October 27, 2025, per TMZ.
The U.S. Marshals were involved in the search for Davis, who remained at large until his arrest.
Earlier this month, Davis’ status at lightweight has been downgraded to “champion in recess.”
The charges stem from allegations made by a victim who was at the gentlemen’s club, identified in court documents as Courtney Rossel. According to ESPN, surveillance footage from the venue corroborated details of the October 27 incident.
Davis had allegedly been avoiding authorities for weeks, with Boxing Insider reporting on January 27, 2026, that he remained a fugitive with an active warrant just one day before his arrest.
Davis also faces a civil lawsuit filed by Rossel, alleging battery, kidnapping, and emotional distress stemming from the same October 27, 2025, incident at Tootsie’s strip club, per Local 10 News.
Court documents show Davis avoided multiple service attempts for the civil suit while evading the criminal warrant. The WBA stripped Davis of his lightweight title during the period he remained at large, according to Boxing Insider’s January 27 update.
The arrest forced the cancellation of a highly anticipated fight between Davis and Jake Paul, per TMZ. Davis has previously faced legal trouble, including a 2020 domestic violence case and a 2023 conviction for leaving the scene of a crash that injured four people, for which he served house arrest.