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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Boxing star Gervonta Davis avoids jail time for hit-and-run that injured four

Gervonta Davis has won all 29 of his professional fights, including 27 by knockouts.
Gervonta Davis has won all 29 of his professional fights, including 27 by knockouts. Photograph: Patrick Smith/Getty Images

Gervonta Davis, one of boxing’s biggest stars, has avoided jail time for a hit-and-run crash that left four people hospitalized, including a pregnant woman.

Baltimore circuit court judge Althea M Handy sentenced the 28-year-old fighter to 90 days of home detention followed by three years’ probation on Friday afternoon at the Elijah E Cummings Courthouse, only 13 days after Davis stopped Ryan García in the seventh round of the year’s most anticipated fight.

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