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Arizona Department of Gaming

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* 1919
** State of Arizona authorizes first, limited boxing and sparring matches.
* 1958
** The Arizona Legislature establishes the Arizona State Athletic Commission to regulate all professional boxing, sparring and wrestling matches and exhibitions.
* 1982
** The Arizona State Athletic Commission is renamed the Arizona State Boxing Commission.
* 1992
** The Arizona Legislature transfers responsibility to collect license fees, taxes on gross receipts, and cash and surety bonds from the Boxing Commission to the Arizona Department of Racing. The Department of Racing and the Boxing Commission enter into an intergovernmental agreement to provide office space, communication services and administrative and clerical support to the Commission.
* 1997
** Tough man and non-traditional fighting contests are authorized and the Commission is allowed to enter into intergovernmental agreements with Tribes to regulate boxing contests on Indian reservations.
* 2010
** Commission is renamed the Arizona State Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Commission.
* 2013
** The Arizona Legislature modifies requirements, exemptions and licensing requirements pertaining to boxing and mixed martial arts.
* 2015
** The Arizona State Boxing and MMA Commission, which is under the Division of Racing, merges under the ADG giving regulatory authority to the Department of Gaming.

[[Category:Commissions|Arizona Department of Gaming]]

Arizona State Boxing Commission

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Arizona Department of Gaming Boxing and MMA

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Arizona Department of Gaming

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== Summary ==
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Tillie Herman

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*[[:category:Tillie Herman Gallery|Tillie Herman Gallery]]

'''Tillie (Kid) Herman''' was reported to be of Mexican heritage. Herman's record in Nat Fleischer's [[Ring Record Book|''All-Time Ring Record Book'']], 1941 edition, states that Herman was of Spanish-German-American heritage.

Brother of fellow boxer [[Fernando Herman]]

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Jack Dempsey vs. Tommy Gibbons

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*'''World Heavyweight Championship''' (4th defense by Dempsey)
*[[:File:Dempsey-Gibbons ticket.jpg|Ringside ticket]], [[:Image:Dempsey-Gibbons.Program.jpg|Program cover]], [[:File:ShelbyArena23.JPG|Photo of the arena]], [[:File:DempseyGibbonsCrowd.JPG|Photo of the crowd]]

'''From RingTV.com:'''

“The Manassa Mauler” often left a trail of destruction inside the boxing ring but after his decision victory over Gibbons, the damage was far more widespread. While Dempsey’s opponent managed to keep his feet for the entire distance, the town in which the match was staged was crippled beyond repair.

Shelby was a town in northern Montana that had dreams of becoming an economic hub through tourism and a recent oil boom. Part of the overall plan was to stage a heavyweight title fight involving Dempsey, who proved he was a walking financial bonanza when his fight with Georges Carpentier generated boxing’s first million-dollar gate. Knowing this, Dempsey’s manager Jack Kearns drove an extremely hard bargain: The town was to pay $300,000 in three separate installments – $100,000 when the contract was signed, $100,000 more 60 days before the fight and $100,000 a week before the fight. If the town missed a payment, the contract would be null and void and Team Dempsey would get to keep whatever they had been paid to that point. Eager to stage the fight, Shelby’s officials immediately accepted the terms.

The town paid the first installment without incident but collecting the other $200,000 was an excruciating process. A local banker donated the final $98,200 of the second installment but by the time the third payment was due the well had run dry. The fight was called off on July 3 but was back on when Kearns agreed to take whatever he could of the final $100,000 from gate receipts.

In retrospect, the deal was doomed from the start. Gibbons, the brother of onetime middleweight king Mike, was a credible but not compelling challenger and ticket sales were extremely slow. A small percentage of the crowd on fight day were paying customers because a multitude of locals rebelled against the high prices, overran the gatekeepers and saw the fight for free. Gibbons, a surprisingly narrow 11-to-5 underdog, was the crowd favorite but, as had been the case throughout this incident, Shelby’s residents walked away disappointed and angry. Dempsey lacked his usual sharpness and power while Gibbons, who managed to cut Dempsey’s eye in round two, slapped on repeated clinches and generally tried to neutralize the champion.

After 15 nondescript rounds, referee Jim Dougherty – who was handpicked by Kearns – raised Dempsey’s hand with no argument from Gibbons. Because Kearns had dibs on the first $300,000 of income – and because only $72,000 of the third installment was paid to Team Dempsey – Gibbons ended up fighting for free.

Fearing a mob scene, Kearns paid the local railroad $550 (including a $50 tip to the engineer) to get out of a town that was more battered and broken than the fighters.

==Preliminary Bouts==
In the first preliminary fight, [[Jack McDonald]] stopped Ernie Sayles in two rounds. The next fight was between [[Bud Gorman]], a sparring partner for Gibbons, and [[Harry Drake]], a sparring partner for Dempsey. Gorman won by an eight-round decision.

There was supposed to be three preliminary fights, but the promoters were unable to find the money to pay for the third contest. Kearns had to guarantee the money for the two fights that went on.

The third match was to be between [[Jimmy Delaney]] and [[Jack Burke]], one of Dempsey's sparring partners. In early June, [[Harry Greb]] was mentioned as a possible opponent for Delaney.

[[George Godfrey]], another Dempsey sparring partner, was scheduled fight [[Jack Thompson]], but the fight was canceled after Dempsey broke Godfrey's ribs while sparring.

Two proposed preliminary bouts that didn't happened were [[Tillie Herman]] vs. [[Joe Simonich]] and [[Dandy Dillon]] vs. [[Lackey Morrow]].

Other boxers mentioned as possibilities for the undercard included [[Pinky Mitchell]], [[Richie Mitchell]], [[Farmer Lodge]], [[Vic Foley]], [[Pete Bross]], [[Johnny Tillman]], [[ Bombardier Billy Wells]], and [[Joe Lynch (Boxer)|Joe Lynch]].

==Notes==
*Ticket prices were $50, $30, $25 and $20.
*The 40,208-seat arena built for the fight cost $82,000.
*Paid attendance was 7,202, but gatecrashers swelled the crowd to about twice that size.
*The temperature at ringside was close to 100 degrees.
*Total expenses were $366,500, but the gate receipts were only $202,000. The net loss was $164,500.
*James F. Dougherty was supposed to get $5,000 to referee the fight, but he only got half that amount.
*Shortly after the fight, four banks in Montana closed. All were affected by a run on their funds because they got involved in the Dempsey-Gibbons fiasco.
*[[:File:IBROAn2.26-27.pdf|"The Shelby Aftermath"]] by George Blair (1984 [[IBRO]] article)

'''Purses:'''
*Jack Dempsey: $255,000
*Tommy Gibbons: $7,500
*Bud Gorman: $1,000
*Harry Drake: $800
*Jack McDonald: $125
*Ernie Sayles: $75

==External Links==
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19230602&id=DgdPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EE0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5468,3244562 "Preliminary Card Planned" ''St. Petersburg Times'', June 2, 1923]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2513&dat=19230703&id=GVxHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qP4MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1023,1163461 "Plans Completed For Title Contest" ''Meriden Morning Record'', July 3, 1923]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1126&dat=19230705&id=4tZaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hmgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2599,2307974 "Dempsey Wins In 15 Rounds By Decision" The ''Pittsburgh Gazette Times'', July 5, 1923]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19230705&id=i00hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H4IFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1732,261369 "Tom Gibbons Upsets Dope By Staying Fifteen Rounds With Dempsey At Shelby" ''Schenectady Gazette'', July 5, 1923]
*[http://articles.latimes.com/1989-02-05/sports/sp-2475_1_jack-dempsey "Town in Montana Was Overmatched: In 1923, Shelby--Population 500--Took On Jack Dempsey and His Manager" By Earl Gustkey, ''Los Angeles Times'', February 5, 1989]
*[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-01-23/features/0401220495_1_canadian-border-heavyweight-championship-fight-jack-dempsey "Heavyweight disaster" By Robert K. Elder, ''Chicago Tribune'', January 23, 2004]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=e0o1AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT6&dq=jack+dempsey+Tommy+gibbons&hl=en&sa=X&ei=z9VJVOOWHoKNyATR5YGoAQ&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=jack%20dempsey%20Tommy%20gibbons&f=false ''Shelby's Folly: Jack Dempsey, Doc Kearns, and the Shakedown of a Montana Boomtown'' By Jason Kelly, Bison Books, 2012]
*[http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/179547-10-notable-july-4-fights/8 "Notable July 4 fights" By Lee Groves, ''RingTV.com'', July 4, 2013]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdCcMZZoVMY Dempsey vs. Gibbons highlights on YouTube]
*[[Wikipedia:Jack_Dempsey_vs._Tommy_Gibbons|Dempsey vs. Gibbons Wikipedia Page]]

Fernando Herman

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Brother of fellow boxer [[Tillie Herman]]

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Tillie (Kid) Herman as he appeared Sept. 3, 1926 while in [[Jack Dempsey]]'s training camp, Atlantic City, NJ (Herman was one of Dempsey's sparring partners, per info on reverse of this photo)

[[category:Tillie Herman Gallery]]

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12 Sep 1926 ''Springfield Union Republican'' photo of trainer [[Gus Wilson]], and [[Jack Dempsey]] & his sparring partners, including: [[Bill Tate]], [[Johnny Martone]], & Tillie (Kid) Herman, among others.

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[[category:Tillie Herman Gallery]]

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Atlantic City, NJ, USA (3 Sept 1926). Jack Dempsey's sparring partners (from left to right): [[Mike Arnold]], [[Bill Tate]], [[Charles Anderson]], [[Frankie Carpenter]], [[Jimmy Browne]], Tillie Herman, [[Johnny Saxon]], [[Frankie Bush]], [[Jerrie Hayes]] & [[Joe Kurp]]. (Dempsey was training for his first bout with [[Gene Tunney]].)

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[[Tillie Herman]]

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[[Tillie (Kid) Herman]]: as he appeared Sept. 3, 1926 while in [[Jack Dempsey]]'s training camp, Atlantic City, NJ (Herman was one of Dempsey's sparring partners, per info on reverse of this photo)

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Tillie (Kid) Herman

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Tillie Herman

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<boxer>056228</boxer>

'''Tillie (Kid) Herman''' was reported to be of Mexican heritage. Herman's record in Nat Fleischer's [[Ring Record Book|''All-Time Ring Record Book'']], 1941 edition, states that Herman was of Spanish-German-American heritage.

* Brother of fellow boxer [[Fernando Herman]]
* [[:Image:HermanTillieKid.Signed.jpg|Signature]], [[:Image:Herman tillie kid.jpg|Photo #2]]

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== Summary ==
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[[Kid Herman]]

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== Summary ==
[[category:Kid Herman Gallery]]

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Tingyan Xie

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Pengyang Wu

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Cover: Mark Breland and Marlon Starling
Inset: Mark Breland

[[Category: Mark Breland Gallery]]
[[Category:Marlon Starling Gallery]]

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Willie Pep and Marlon Starling

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[[Willie Pep]] and [[Marlon Starling]]

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Marlon Starling

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*'''Trainers:''' [[Eddie Futch]], [[Freddie Roach]]
*'''[[:Category:Marlon Starling Gallery|Marlon Starling Gallery]]'''

==Amateur Achievements==
*Starling had a purported amateur record of: 97-13
*Welterweight semi-finalist at the 1977 National [[AAU]] tournament, losing to [[Mike McCallum]].
*Welterweight finalist at the 1975 and 1979 New England [[Golden Gloves]] tournament, losing both times to [[Robbie Sims]].

==Professional Career==
*Knocked out Charles Newell in [[Marlon Starling vs. Charles Newell|seven rounds]] in 1980. Newell later died from the injuries he suffered in the fight.
*In his first attempt to win a world title, Starling lost a [[Donald Curry vs. Marlon Starling (2nd meeting)|fifteen-round unanimous decision]] to [[WBA]]/[[IBF]] welterweight champion [[Donald Curry]] in 1984.
*Knocked out [[Mark Breland]] in [[Mark Breland vs. Marlon Starling (1st meeting)|eleven rounds]] to win the WBA welterweight title in 1987.
*Retained the WBA welterweight title with a disputed [[Marlon Starling vs. Mark Breland (2nd meeting)|twelve-round draw]] in a rematch with Mark Breland in 1988. Most felt Starling had won the fight.
*Lost the WBA welterweight title to [[Tomas Molinares]] in 1988. Starling was knocked out with a punch that was thrown after the bell had rung to end the [[Marlon Starling vs. Tomas Molinares|sixth round]]. The [[New Jersey Athletic Control Board]] later changed the result to a [[no contest]], but the WBA didn't reinstate Starling as champion.
*Knocked out [[Lloyd Honeyghan]] in [[Lloyd Honeyghan vs. Marlon Starling|nine rounds]] to win the Lineal/[[WBC]] welterweight title in 1989.
*In an attempt to win the [[IBF]] middleweight title, Starling lost a [[Michael Nunn vs. Marlon Starling|twelve-round majority decision]] to [[Michael Nunn]] in 1990.
*Lost the Lineal/WBC welterweight title to [[Maurice Blocker]] by a [[Marlon Starling vs. Maurice Blocker|twelve-round majority decision]] in 1990. It was Starling's last fight.
*[[KO Magazine]] named Starling the 4th best welterweight of the 1980s.
*Inducted into the [[Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2005.
*Starling has a record of 4-3-1 with 1 NC and 2 KOs in world title fights.
*Starling has a record of 4-5-1 with 1 NC and 2 KOs against former, current and future world champions:
**Won against [[Lupe Aquino]], [[Simon Brown]], Mark Breland, Lloyd Honeyghan.
**Lost against Donald Curry (twice), [[Johnny Bumphus]], Michael Nunn, Maurice Blocker.
**Drew with Mark Breland.
**No contest with Tomas Molinares.
*Starling has beaten four undefeated fighters with 15 or more bouts. Mark Breland, Simon Brown, [[Tommy Ayers]], [[Jose Baret]] and didn't himself lose until his 26th match.

==Misc==
*Reflecting on a proposed fight with Lloyd Honeyghan: "I'll fight him for nothing if the price is right."
*Interview with [[Mike Silver]] from [[IBRO Journal]] No. 142: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IBRO142.31-35.pdf]
*Roger Zotti article: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IBRO154.15-17.pdf]

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title=[[WBA Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Tomas Molinares]]|
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[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]
[[Category:NABF Welterweight Champions]]
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[[Marlon Starling]]

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Mark Breland

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*'''Trainers:''' [[Lou Duva]] & [[Joey Fariello]] (1984-1990), [[Emanuel Steward]] (1991, 1996-1997)
* '''Manager:''' Lou Duva & [[Shelly Finkel]] (1984-1990), Emanuel Steward (1991, 1996-1997)
* '''[[:Category:Mark Breland Gallery|Mark Breland Photo Gallery]]'''

==Amateur Career==
[[File:Breland Yeong-Su 135458625.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Breland vs. An Young-Su at the 1984 Olympics]]
[[File:Breland 1560776.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Breland after defeating An Young-Su]]
*Amateur Record: 110-1
*Inspired to become a boxer after seeing [[Muhammad Ali]] [[Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali (1st meeting)|vs.]] [[Joe Frazier]] at [[Madison Square Garden]] on March 8, 1971.
*Trained by [[George Washington]] at the New Bed-Stuy Boxing Center
*[[New York Golden Gloves|New York Daily News Golden Gloves]] record: 23-0 with 22 knockouts, 15 in the first round. 
*Breland is the only boxer to win five consecutive New York Daily News Golden Gloves titles.

'''Highlights'''
*1980 [[New York Golden Gloves|New York Daily News Golden Gloves]] Light Welterweight Champion in the novice division. Defeated Angel Garcia by a [[RSC]] in the first round.
*1981 New York Daily News [[Golden Gloves]] Welterweight Champion in the open division. Defeated Jose Martinez by a RSC in the second round.
*1981 [[Intercity Golden Gloves]] Welterweight Champion in New York City. Defeated [[Efrain Bennett]] by a RSC in the first round.
*1981 United States National Amateur Championships quarterfinalist in Concord, California: Lost to [[Darryl Anthony]] on points (2-3). This was the only loss of Breland's amateur career. He would avenge the loss in his 11th pro fight, winning by third-round TKO.
*1982 New York Daily News Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion in the open division. Defeated [[Pedro Estrada]] by a RSC in the first round.
*1982 United States National Amateur Welterweight Champion (spring) in Charlotte, North Carolina. Defeated [[Louis Howard]] on points.
*1982 World Amateur Welterweight Champion in Munich, West Germany. Results:
**Defeated Vesa Koskela (Sweden) AB 2
**Defeated Mihai Ciobotaru (Romania) KO 1
**Defeated Jeno Danyi (Hungary) on points (5-0)
**Defeated Manfred Zielonka (West Germany) on points (5-0)
**Defeated Serik Konakbayev (Soviet Union) on points (5-0)
*1983 New York Daily News Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion in the open division. Defeated Rodney Bowen by a RSC in the third round.
*1983 United States National Amateur Welterweight Champion in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Results:
**Defeated Bill Harrington RSC 3
**Defeated [[Tony Golden]] RSC 2
**Defeated [[Alton Rice]] on points (5-0)
**Defeated James Mitchell RSC 2
*1984 New York Daily News Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion in the open division. Defeated Victor Laguer by a RSC in the first round.
*1984 United States Olympic Trials Welterweight Champion in Fort Worth, Texas. Results:
**Defeated [[Mylon Watkins]] KO 1
**Defeated [[Louis Howard]] on points (5-0)
**Defeated [[David Gutierrez]] on points (5-0)
*1984 United States Olympic Box-Offs Champion in Las Vegas, Nevada. Defeated [[Louis Howard]] on points (5-0).
*1984 Welterweight Gold Medalist at the [[Olympic Games]] in Los Angeles, California. Results:
**Defeated [[Wayne Gordon]] (Canada) on points (5-0)
**Defeated [[Carlos Reyes]] (Puerto Rico) RSC 3
**Defeated [[Rudel Obreja]] (Romania) on points 5-0
**Defeated [[Genaro Leon]] (Mexico) KO 1
**Defeated [[Luciano Bruno]] (Italy) on points (5-0)
**Defeated [[An Young-Su]] (South Korea) on points (5-0)

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years= 1980 |
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title= [[New York Golden Gloves|New York Daily News Golden Gloves]] Open 147-Pound Champion |
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title= [[Intercity Golden Gloves|Intercity Golden Gloves]] 147-Pound Champion |
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title= [[Olympic Games Medalists| Olympic Games]] Welterweight Gold Medalist |
years= 1984 |
after= [[Robert Wangila]] }}
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==Professional Career==
[[File:Mark-breland-wba.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Breland twice held the WBA welterweight title]]
*Named [[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] magazine [[Ring Magazine Defunct Awards|Prospect of the Year]] for 1984.
*Rated as the No. 1 welterweight contender at the end of 1986 by ''The Ring''.
*Stopped [[Harold Volbrecht]] in seven rounds to win the vacant [[WBA]] welterweight title on February 26, 1987.
*Lost the WBA welterweight title in his first defense to [[Marlon Starling]] by an eleventh round TKO on August 22, 1987.
*Fought Marlon Starling in an attempt to regain the WBA welterweight title on April 16, 1988. The bout ended in a twelve-round draw, although most observers thought Starling deserved the decision.
*Stopped [[Seung-Soon Lee]] in one round to win the vacant WBA welterweight title on February 4, 1989.
*Lost the WBA welterweight title in his fifth defense to [[Aaron Davis]] by a ninth-round KO on July 8, 1990.
*Retired after being stopped in six rounds by [[Jorge Vaca]] on September 13, 1991.
*Returned to the ring in 1996 and went 5-0 (3 KOs) before retiring for good in 1997.
*Retired with a record of 6-2-1 (6 KOs) in world title fights.
*Retired with a record of 3-3-1 (2 KOs) against former, current and future world champions:
**Won against [[Steve Little]], [[Rafael Pineda]], [[Lloyd Honeyghan]].
**Lost against [[Marlon Starling]], [[Aaron Davis]], [[Jorge Vaca]].
**Drew with Marlon Starling.

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title=[[WBA Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Marlon Starling]]|
years=1987 Feb 6 – 1987 Aug 22
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before=[[Tomas Molinares]] Vacated|
title=[[WBA Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Aaron Davis]]|
years=1989 Feb 4 – 1990 Jul 8
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==Notes==
*Manager [[Shelly Finkel]] put an annuity in place for Breland so that when he turned 31, he would receive $100,000 a year for life.
*Acted in the 1983 movie ''The Lords of Discipline'' and two episodes of the TV series ''Miami Vice'' in 1987.
*Became a trainer after retiring from boxing. Breland's best known client is [[Deontay Wilder]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=4793 Partial amateur record at Boxing-Scoop.com]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/16/sports/boxing-only-gloves-breland-s-future-are-class-ex-champion-turned-teacher-has-no.html "Only Gloves in Breland's Future Are in Class" ''New York Times'', August 16, 1994]
*[http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/golden-gloves/1977-1986-new-generation-champions-article-1.977906 "1977 - 1986: A New Generation of Champions" ''New York Daily News'', November 15, 2011]
*[http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/hall-call-gloves-announce-inaugural-class-article-1.1723196 "Golden Gloves announces inaugural Hall of Fame class" ''New York Daily News'', March 16, 2014]
*[http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/golden-gloves-1980s-article-1.1890994 "Golden Gloves 1980s" ''New York Daily News'', August 5, 2014]

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== Summary ==
[[Category: Mark Breland Gallery]]

Darryl Anthony

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John:

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Is known as the only man to hold an amateur victory over [[Mark Breland]].

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John Wirt

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Mathew Fitzsimons

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Daisuke Sugita

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Michael Walsh

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As an amateur, Walsh was the 2007 [[ABA]] flyweight champion.

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