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TMZ: Deontay Wilder Arrested After Traffic Stop, Booked on Concealed Weapon Charge | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Writer David Perry
US boxer Deontay Wilder speaks during a press conference in New York City on October 13, 2022, ahead of his WBC heavyweight championship fight against Swedish-Finnish boxer Robert Helenius. - Wilder and Helenius will fight on October 15, 2022 at Barclays Center. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images

Deontay Wilder was arrested Tuesday on charges of carrying a concealed weapon after a traffic stop in Los Angeles.

TMZ Sports reported Wilder was stopped around 1:15 a.m. Tuesday on a routine stop for illegally tinted windows and an obstructed license plate. Officers searched Wilder's car after smelling marijuana and found him in possession of a 9mm handgun.

Recreational marijuana is legal in California, so Wilder is not currently facing any drug charges.

The heavyweight was transported to a local jail and released on bond at 6:34 a.m.

Wilder, whose trilogy against Tyson Fury was one of the biggest rivalries of this generation, is tentatively set to fight Anthony Joshua in December. The 37-year-old's latest fight was a first-round knockout of Robert Helenius last October.

Wilder has not issued a statement on his arrest.