Inducted on November 18, 2004
Amateur Highlights
- Amateur Record: 110-1
- 1980 won the Novice New York Daily News Golden Gloves Championship at 139 lb.
- 1981 to 1984 won four consecutive Open New York Daily News Golden Gloves Championships at 147 lb.
- His record in the New York Golden Gloves was 21-0 with 19 knockouts, 14 in the first round.
- 1981 Intercity Golden Gloves 147 lb. Champion. Breland scored a first-round knockout of Efrain Bennett in the final.
- Lost to Darryl Anthony by a 3-2 decision at the 1981 United States Amateur Championships in the welterweight division. This was Breland’s only loss as an amateur. He avenged the loss in his eleventh professional fight, winning by a third-round knockout.
- 1982 United States Amateur Welterweight Champion
- 1982 World Amateur Welterweight Champion in Munich, West Germany.
- 1983 United States Amateur Welterweight Champion. Results were:
- Defeated Bill Harrington TKO 3
- Defeated Tony Golden TKO 2
- Defeated Alton Rice on points
- Defeated James Mitchell TKO 2
- 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials Welterweight Champion in Fort Worth, Texas. Results were:
- Defeated Louis Howard on points
- Defeated Mylon Watkins TKO 1
- Defeated David Gutierrez on points
- Defeated Louis Howard on points at the Olympic Box-Offs in Las Vegas.
- Welterweight Gold Medalist at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Results were:
- Defeated Wayne Gordon (Canada) 5-0
- Defeated Carlos Reyes (Puerto Rico) TKO 3
- Defeated Rudel Obreja (Romania) 5-0
- Defeated Genaro Leon (Mexico) KO 1
- Defeated Luciano Bruno (Italy) 5-0
- Defeated Yong-Su Ahn (South Korea) 5-0
Awards & Recognition
- Named The Ring magazine Prospect of the Year in 1984.
Trivia
- Acted in the movie “The Lords of Discipline.”
- Breland has a record of 6-2-1 (6 KOs) in world title fights.
- Breland has a record of 3-3-1 (2 KOs) against former world champions:
- Won against Steve Little, Rafael Pineda, Lloyd Honeyghan.
- Lost against Marlon Starling, Aaron Davis, Jorge Vaca.
- Drew with Marlon Starling.
Trainer
Trains/Trained:
Name: Mark Breland
Birth Name: Mark Anthony Breland
Born: 1963-05-11
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Hometown: New York, New York, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 6′ 2″ / 188cm
Trainers: Lou Duva & Joey Fariello
Manager: Henry Grooms
Boxing Record: click