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