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 corroborates 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.
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.
