On April 16, 1988, Marlon Starling (43-4, 26 KOs), the welterweight WBA champion, defends his title against former world champion Mark Breland (20-1, 13 KOs).
Marlon Starling is coming in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Fujio Ozaki, 2 months and 11 days ago. Mark Breland is on a 2-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round TKO win over Juan Antonio Villa, 2 months and 11 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Marlon Starling at 99-1 winning odds. Mark Breland really doesn't have much to present against Starling.
The fight ended in a split decision draw and both the fighters added a draw to their respective records — Starling is now 43-4-1 and Breland, 20-1-1.