Gervonta Davis Hires New Lawyer After Being Ordered To Report To Jail

‘Tank” has been in the headlines quite often recently.

Boxer Gervonta Davis had a seventh-round TKO victory over Ryan Garcia in the biggest fight of his career last month only then to be sentenced to three years probation and 200 hours of community service two weeks after.

The 28-year-old will be behind bars for a hit-and-run crash after violating the rules of his home detention. This sentence will be served for 90 days, as he was supposed to spend it at trainer Calvin Ford‘s house after pleading guilty last month to four counts stemming from a November 2020 crash that injured four people, including a pregnant woman.

Instead of spending his sentence at Ford’s house, “Tank” spent it at a Four Seasons Hotel and a penthouse condo that he bought in Silo Point, Baltimore. This was done without permission, as the Maryland state’s attorney’s office confirmed.

Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Althea Handy, who presided over Davis’s case, did not give permission for either move and as a result ordered Davis to serve out the remainder of his three-month sentence at the city’s jail in Baltimore, Maryland.

His former attorney, Michael Tomko, indicated that the address his client gave at sentencing for serving his home detention was too small for the boxer and his security detail, state’s attorney’s office spokesperson Emily Witty said in a statement.

However, Davis hired a new attorney, Andrew Graham, who filed an emergency motion seeking his release, stating the boxing champion did not intend to disobey a judge with the move.

This dispute comes a few days after his Florida mansion was robbed, as Tomko wrote that personal belongings including “prized boxing regalia” and “several collector automobiles” were stolen from his client’s home in Parkland, Florida. Broward County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the robbery that happened on June 2, alongside the “possible existence of other threats” to Davis.

Until the sentence is served, the “face of boxing” with a 29-0 boxing record with 27 knockouts will not be able to get back into the ring and capitalize on his win against Garcia in the lightweight match that was in Las Vegas in April.

Article by Andrew Kim

Projected Summer, 2023 Graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Media Studies/ Journalism from Mercy College.