Mark Breland
Breland (left) and Serik Konakbayev (right) in 2010
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| Full name | Mark Anthony Breland | ||||||||||||||||||
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May 11, 1963 (age 53) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
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| Height | 6 ft 2.5 in (189 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Mark Anthony Breland (born May 11, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former world champion boxer, who won five New York Golden Gloves Titles and a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics. He is also an actor with a wide range of movie and television credits, having made his debut in The Lords of Discipline, and also appeared in the music video for The Pointer Sisters' 1985 hit single, "Dare Me." At 6' and two and a half inches tall, Breland is one of the tallest World Welterweight champions of all time.
Breland compiled an impressive amateur record of 110–1. Highlights of which were:
Breland turned professional in 1984. In 1987, Breland won the vacant WBA welterweight title. He lost it in his first defense to Marlon Starling. In 1989, Breland again won the vacant WBA Welterweight Title. He made three successful title defenses before losing it to Aaron Davis in a back-and-forth 9-round contest that was nearly called off twice because of injuries to Davis' eye before Breland was knocked out in round 9.
In 1997, Breland retired with a professional record of 35–3–1 (25 KOs).
Breland is currently a boxing trainer, having trained Vernon Forrest and new WBC world champion Deontay Wilder among other notable boxers.
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