On September 13, 1991, a 28-year-old Mark Breland (30-2-1, 22 KOs) and a 31-year-old Mexican boxer Jorge Vaca (47-9-1, 39 KOs) met in the ring.
Breland came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 1 day. Vaca was on a 5-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 7 days.
Jorge Vaca stopped Mark Breland via TKO in the 6th round. Vaca improves his record to 48-9-1 (40 KOs), while Breland adds a loss to his record at 30-3-1.
On July 8, 1990, the 27-year-old WBA welterweight world champion, Mark Breland (27-1-1, 20 KOs), faced Aaron Davis, in a title defense fight.
Breland came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 5 days.
Mark Breland was defending his welterweight WBA titles against Aaron Davis and lost via KO in the 9th round, and adds an loss to his record at 27-2-1.
On August 22, 1987, the 24-year-old WBA welterweight world champion, Mark Breland (18-0, 12 KOs), faced a 27-year-old Marlon Starling (41-4, 25 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Breland came in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 12 days. Starling was on a 4-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 17 days.
Marlon Starling stopped the champion via TKO in the 11th round of the 15-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBA welterweight champion. Starling improves his record to 42-4 (26 KOs), while Breland adds a loss to his record at 18-1.