Having violated his 90 days of house arrest, Gervonta Davis went to jail to serve the remainder of his sentence. In 2020, ‘Tank’, driving a Lamborghini Urus SUV, damaged property and injured a pregnant woman, Jayir Smith. Following the incident, Judge Melissa M Phinn sentenced Davis to three months of house arrest at the hearing. As per the terms of his house arrest, Davis had to live in a one-bedroom apartment where he could not meet his kids.
However, Davis soon bought himself $3.4 million worth of property and violated the terms of his house arrest. This action led Judge Althea M. Handy to send the WBA lightweight champion to jail. After serving the remainder of his sentence, Gervonta Davis has been released from Jail. And as Michael Benson took to Twitter and shared the news, several people reacted to it.
Fans have a field day as “the face of boxing,” Gervonta Davis, is released
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Since he was refused access to luxury and comfort, Gervonta Davis was supposed to reside at Calvin Ford, his trainer’s place, while under house arrest. However, he could not help buying himself a property and thus landed himself in jail following his fight with Ryan Garcia in boxing. Anyway, Calvin Ford is extremely happy that Davis is finally back. Thus, he even took to one of his Instagram stories and exclaimed, “How great it feels!” While Ford exclaimed his happiness, Twitter witnessed some wild reactions after Benson’s post.
According to one, Davis looked like the “OG Bobby Johnson from south central“.
Looking like OG Bobby Johnson from south central 🤣🤣🤣 iykyk
— SPENCE P4P#1 (@rugrat_dreday) July 14, 2023
Sarcastically, one added, “There goes “The Face of Boxing”.”
There goes “The Face of Boxing.”
— Rick Ramos (@RickRamosBoxing) July 14, 2023
However, in someone else’s opinion, “this was Jesus father from He Got Game“.
I swore this was Jesus father from He Got Game 🤣🤣
— Cam 🪄 | AI Mentor (@CodeCamCode) July 14, 2023
Meanwhile, someone even compared him to Mike Tyson coming out of jail. “Mean and Ruthless as hell,” they added.
Oh he gonna be like Mike Tyson when Mike came out the joint 😂 Mean and Ruthless as hell 💯
— Rob 😈💯 (@UnknownRGR2000) July 14, 2023
According to someone, Davis must call up his barber “ASAP“.
Bro needs to call up his barber ASAP lmfaooooo
— 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹🩸 (@DaredevilMMA) July 14, 2023
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Now that Davis is back, boxing fans are contemplating his next bout in the ring. Following his win over Garcia on the 22nd of April, it is likely that Davis will fight Shakur Stevenson or Devin Haney. He is currently 29-0-0 and must keep himself out of trouble to make unhindered progress in his professional career from now on.
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