On February 20, 2021, a 35-year-old Dominic Breazeale (20-2, 18 KOs) and a 30-year-old Swedish boxer Otto Wallin (21-1, 14 KOs) met in the ring.
Breazeale came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 9 months, and 2 days. Wallin was on a 1-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 5 days.
Otto Wallin defeated Dominic Breazeale via unanimous decision in the 12-round fight. Wallin improves his record to 22-1, while Breazeale adds a loss to his record at 20-3.
On May 18, 2019, a 33-year-old Dominic Breazeale (20-1, 18 KOs) got a shot at the heavyweight WBC title held by 33-year-old Deontay Wilder (40-0-1, 39 KOs).
Breazeale came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 26 days. Wilder was on a 0-fight win streak with a 95% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 17 days.
Deontay Wilder made quick work of Dominic Breazeale, stopping the challenger via KO in the 1st. Wilder improves his record to 41-0-1 (40 KOs), while Breazeale adds a loss to his record at 20-2.
On June 25, 2016, a 30-year-old Dominic Breazeale (17-0, 15 KOs) got a shot at the heavyweight IBF title held by 26-year-old British boxer Anthony Joshua (16-0, 16 KOs).
Breazeale came in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 2 days. Joshua was on a 16-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 16 days.
Anthony Joshua stopped Dominic Breazeale via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF heavyweight title. Joshua improves his record to 17-0 (17 KOs), while Breazeale adds a loss to his record at 17-1.