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Video appears to show boxer Gervonta Davis grabbing woman by throat at basketball game

Lightweight champion Gervonta Davis appeared to be captured on video grabbing a woman by the throat and pulling her out of a basketball game on Saturday.

According to TMZ, the event was a charity basketball game in Miami and the incident occurred after a heated argument between the two.

Davis acknowledged the incident on his Instagram story, saying the woman is the mother of his child. He maintained he never hit her and would never hurt her, but admitted to being “aggressive.”

Screen shot of Gervonta Davis' Instagram story

The 25-year-old Davis is currently 23-0 and currently owns the WBA (regular) lightweight title after previously competing at super featherweight.