On August 22, 1987, Mark Breland (18-0, 12 KOs), the welterweight WBA champion, defends his title against fellow American challenger, Marlon Starling (41-4, 25 KOs).
Mark Breland is coming in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate; his last fight was a points decision win over Juan Bautista Rondon, 1 month and 12 days ago. Marlon Starling is on a 4-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round KO win over Norberto Bueno, 2 months and 17 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 96.2-3.8 in favor of Marlon Starling. Mark Breland won't be able to do much against Starling.
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.