Gervonta “Tank” Davis, the world boxing champion serving probation for leaving the scene of car crash in Baltimore four years ago, has been denied permission to embark on a whirlwind birthday trip to Japan.
He’s also facing foreclosure on his waterfront penthouse for not paying thousands of dollars in dues and fees to his condominium association.
Davis, the winner of several boxing titles and the reigning lightweight champ of the World Boxing Association, told a Baltimore Circuit Court judge he wanted to fly to Tokyo this month to celebrate his 30th birthday and “experience the Japanese culture and their amazing food.” In a request filed by his attorney, Davis listed four sites he hoped to visit, with stops in Tokyo and Hiroshima.
Judge Althea M. Handy denied the request.
In May 2023, Handy sentenced Davis to 90 days of house arrest and 200 hours of community service for his role in a hit-and-run crash on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The accident, on Nov. 2, 2020, left four people injured. The judge also ordered three years of probation once Davis completed the house arrest.
The probation is the reason Davis had to ask permission for the Japan trip. His 30th birthday is Nov. 7. He had hoped to travel to Japan from Nov. 6 through Nov. 14, according to his court filing.
On a separate legal front, Davis faces a foreclosure action brought by the Silo Point Condominium Association because of his failure to pay more than $34,000 in fees, late charges and interest.
The association had earlier recorded a lien on Davis’ three-bedroom penthouse at Silo Point, the residential complex on the edge of Locust Point.
Zillow estimates the value of the penthouse at $3.5 million.
An attorney for Davis told The Baltimore Banner that the matter has been resolved, but The Baltimore Sun was unable to confirm that Davis had paid what the condominium association claims he owes. Neither Davis’ attorney nor the attorney for the condominium association responded to The Sun’s requests for comment.