Aaron Davis KNOCKS OUT Mark Breland

[Killer0fTheSun]

This was the best fight i ever saw in boxing ever.

[weedpussymoney321]

at 8.09 u can clearly see that lebron travels

[lcvd1]

I remember the Malt liq "smooth operator" commercial.

[Wamz1978]

Breland just wasn't built for the pro game, he was too physically vulnerable and fragile... He had great skills, power, technique, speed... He was NOT mediocre, but his pro career was ultimately dissapointing... let's remember, he wasn't hyped up to be merely "good", he was being called the next Sugar Ray Robinson, he was supposed to be the king of the 84 Olympic Class... in that sense, he was a dissapointment big time

[vovo216]

fuck the fight did you see that bitch foot at the end LMAO!!! i love old commercials

[ViceVurze1]

nice overhand right!

[teachm3539]

nobody does it like the bull. the commercials make it so so vintage..great touch

[JohnBoxing1]

A1, its how steak is done.

[brudog1970]

Disappointing? He was 35-3.

His losses were to Starling (41-4), Davis (29-0), and Vaca (48-8-1).

He fought 6 title fights in 1989-1990 - he won 5 by KO and was KO'd in this clip. He clearly gave Davis as much as he could handle though.

Granted his competition wasn't much after his 2nd loss, but before that he was fighting legit fighters before then.

[PJ3love]

stupid idiot then goes and trips over Breland who is unconscious - lack of respect.  I know nothing of this guy but I bet he didnt last long..

[3SCboy]

Wow amazing fight and amazing malt liquor commercial

[djk28161]

@3SCboy august 1990 watched it in Racine, WI.....Davis performed

[delirious44]

Great fight 

[zenmachinefilms]

I remember when this happened. Very fast paced 8 rounds leading to the amazing KO.

[ZK4TV]

im just really mad the my cuzin(mark breland) quit boxing after the knock out

[noirnoticvibe]

I trained with Aaron @ the Morris Park boxing gym in the Bronx and actually hung out with Breland both of these men are gentlemen outside of the ring

[onretilom]

@noirnoticvibe Hey man, I've actually been looking to want to train at Morris Parl Boxing. How is it there? Are they thorough in getting your technique right? How are the workouts?

Thanks.

[caspergolightly]

Breland wasn't a bad actor either. Remember "Lords of Discipline"?

[AnnaAnnaYes]

@caspergolightly True, i taped it off HBO years ago.

[11311sthpk]

Tlk about being on q...about 7 secs after commentator statd Davis had no right...Davis said.."Goodnight".."Thank y'all for comming"

[cbaldwinjr]

ABC had some GREAT boxing coverage on WW into the early 90s. Davis/Breland, Nigel Benn/Doug DeWitt, Patterson/Hopson (well that was a great KO)...and Dan Dierdorf acquitted himself VERY WELL as a boxing pbp man with the great Alex Wallau on the color. Loved these fights on Saturdays. Whoever did the matchmaking should go and work for HBO PPV...

[Platinummxi]

Shame Lloyd Honeygan couldn't do that....

[Venturi01]

jolt!!!

[lovembig41]

Mark Breland is my distant cousin...

[drevalwil]

I would like to thank Percys Barber Shop for getting these guys amped up to fight.

[joeypolanski]

They say there are no lucky punches in boxing, but ...

[sdprazak]

Breland may as well have been shot with a Winchester. What a blaster!

[rafn212]

love the vintage commercials

[bigwills7thchnl]

No offense,but if you care about him why would you want to see him make a comeback.He`s what 47-48,A comeback ids the last thing a good man like Mark Breland needs(IMO of course)

[mrblackmagicj]

with the Schlitz Malt Liquor ad!!!

[Ricanboy117]

morris park boxing gym was burned down like last week its really sad it was like a second home to me...

[kc1973able]

There was some Good shocks in the Welterweight Division.Between 86 and 90.

Honeyghan over Curry.Starling over Breland,Starling Over Honeyghan.And Poor Breland at the end of Another big career defeat.Didn't Jorge Vaca also beat Breland in the earlie 90's at Junior Middle.

[berkeleylawyer]

I was really hoping that chavez would've moved up and challenged simon brown for his welterweight title after the taylor fight. that would've been a great fight.

[LiquidIndian911]

Aaron "SUPERMAN" Davis...

[louis2095]

breland is ma cousin on ma dads side. hes a beast no matter wat anybody say

[bigmomma926]

My husband, my son and in laws are related to mark. My father n law's name was Andrew Breland formally of Bamberg, SC and Brooklyn, NY. He has passed on. I was proud of Mark and used to watch him box. I wish he would make a comeback.

[09hot05]

who is this

[ThreadStealer]

This was maybe the best welterweight fight of the 1990s.

[MrGUNNERSno1]

mark breland is amazin does anyone have his olympic final win in 1984

[murdamach93]

aaron davis is a trainer in my gym

Morris Park Boxing Gym

[sexelite]

Aaron Davis and Dex are new partners for Morris Park Boxing Gym people still think Joe digardia owns it but he doesn't.

[hondafaith]

good to know joe is a douche

[horselover2095]

you better watch it becuz i kno mark breland in person because hes me uncle on my dads side

[bigsexy1234567]

Who is your dad? Hes my second cousin? Funny how I dont know too much about his career.

[ianandori]

Breland?These days?Financially solvent............... Unlike every other 84 Olympian.Didn't quite live up to his amateur prmoise but makes a nice change to the usual "boxer broke" stories you hear all to often.

[yourtraveltours]

6:04 Thats same punch Pacquio hit Hatton with. Just from conventional stance...Ka-Pow!!!

[batherbutt777]

John Madden Comb overs, and Nolan Ryan Razors...

Golden Times for sure...

[only1monk]

Great post, commercials and all. Thanx.

[DSkeptic86]

Hats off to you Aaron!  Always knew you had the heart of a tiger, even when I fought you three times in amateur boxing. You should still remember me (Donovan). 147 lbs Open class. 1985.

[BloodBoxing]

I remember this fight like yesterday...Davis had been hungry for his shot against Breland...it was a war and Davis pulled it off big

[lechplech2]

Awsome vid man

[BoxingBasics1989]

Breland was terrible.

[DonItaliano4Ever]

I wanna see the whole fight! Can anybody post it?

[first40]

Dan Dierdoff doing boxing? he's not a bad commentator. This was a great fight.

[innit27]

that advert at 1.30 is so bad its funny. would be better if when he was walking along street a cop car pulls up and they put him down on the ground at gun point.

[ramptondayrelease]

these lads put on a bruiser of a fight here..respect to both men..i remeber thinking that mark would set the pro game alight..didnt quite happen, but he gave it a go..RESPECX 2 BOTH OF EM

[ArtsyPhilosophyGuy]

don't drop your left, mark...don't drop it...don't...oh shit.

[missayawk]

Breland,great amateur fighter,didn't live up to full expectations as a pro considering his amateur record and accomplishments.Always kept that left hand low and was able to get away with it most of the time,but not this time.A true gentleman and probably didn't have that killer instinct in the pros.Maybe he lost interest in longer fights.Giving back as a trainer now with an up n'coming tall welterwt (Teran)like himself.Much success Mark,a true credit to boxing.

[BloodBoxing]

well explained bro....breland was a star on the greatest usa olympic team....he had his ups and downs as a pro

[sidethehead]

i met mark a few times as an amateur boxer in the early 80s. glad i never had to fight him. he seemed like a good dude, quiet and respectful, and we all thought he'd be an amazing pro. it didn't quite pan out, but he had a good career and quit at the right time. i wish him the best, and proud that he's a new yorker.

[ptldjk]

Wow!! What a punch

[Icedrunk1]

Breland was overhyped, but he came to fight that day. Damn Davis hit him hard though, and with his "off" hand...

[betta144]

best fight ever

[zenmachinefilms]

Thanks for posting this. I remember when it happened. These guys really went at it and left everything in the ring. What a shocker the ending was.

[gazzie68]

mark was a good fighter-- but as usual, they end up victims of america--- COCAINE- thats what they want,

loyde hunigan is the same here in england --FUCKED

[imperialpod]

Is he?

I knopw alot of peeps like a sniff but I didn't know it was that bad.

Hunnigan was THE man in Britain for a few years. He was one of few people who could've handled Floyd Mayweather with relative ease!

[31eastfield]

breland was one  of the best boxing talents ever to come out of america, to say he was mediocre is an insult.

[superdaws]

not mediocre, but a huge disappointment in the pro ranks considering his success as an amateur..

[garethac81]

@31eastfield

"One of the best boxing talents to come out of America"?

"Mediocre"?

Both wrong...Breland was a promising young fighter who fell far short of fulfilling his potential. He was never mediocre, but was never great, either.

He was a good boxer who never quite hit the heights.

[sidethehead]

@31eastfield mark was an amazing amateur (110-1) who was pretty much unbeatable. as a pro, however, he never lived up to the hopes we had for him. he had a lot of kayos, but was kayoed himself three times, and never was able to dominate his division as he did the amateurs. i saw him fight in the nyc golden gloves a few times, and he pretty much outclassed everyone.

[TheBardyCharver]

@sidethehead Phenomenal record!!! He was a little dissapointing as a pro but still a world champ that would cause so many champions trouble in ANY era...A very good fighter without being a great. Can I ask what your record was? How long did you boxed for? Respect to you anyway, I have respect for all fighters you entertain us and put in so much hard work. Wish I had the motivation and discipline I have now back when I was in my early teens. I would have definately give it a good go :-)

[06gtdriver]

@31eastfield Hahaha....Breland was one of the best amateur fighters to come from America, but as a pro, he was very average. In a three round fight(amateur length back then) Breland's weaknesses were never exposed(his lack of stamina, weak chin & awkward punching angles), but as a pro they were glaringly evident.....

[RomaVictor73]

@06gtdriver

One question, Wasn´t he knocked out so he got some braindamage permanently?

I think i remember that after he was knocked out he used to hang around Don King.

Perhaps it was another fight?

Cause this summer i saw him coached the the swedish world campion Anna Ingman at Gleasons?

[MegaYouri13]

@31eastfield ... he was mediocre as a pro. Average to say the very best. Don't be upset if someone say that, because many great fighters have fantastic amatuer careers but that's that!

[MADMAC572]

@MegaYouri13 He was a world champion. Average? What kind of Alice in Wonderland world are you living in? Clifford Hicks was an average fighter. Mike Grable was an average fighter. Average means is in the middle of his grouping. Breland was average as championship calibre fighters go, but championship calibre fighters are world class fighters.

[MegaYouri13]

@MADMAC572 .... there are a number of "champs" that were blown up chumps. Breland wasn't a chump, but he wasn't a top of the top kind of fighter.

[MADMAC572]

@MegaYouri13 There are no champs who are blown up chumps. There are champs who were lucky in their timing and were simply very, very good boxers who might otherwise not have won a title. But there are no average fighters who win titles. Breland was 35-3. He was a two time welterweight champion. He beat some good fighters like Harold Vollbrecht, Daryll Lattimore and Lloyd Honeyghan. He was expected to be the next Tommy Hearns, and those were unrealistic expectations. But he could fight.

[MegaYouri13]

@MADMAC572 Sure he could have been alot better, so could Jorge Gonzales, Frank Bruno, Fernando Vargas and a host of others. But it is what it was and was. He was no chump, but her certainly wasn't the top talent at the pro level at that time or perhaps 10 years forward and backward at the peak of his career. Some guys also, like Ruiz, win titles with little or no real merit to their championship status. It is and was what it is/was!

[YakiKadafi90]

haha dat was one of d dumbest things i ever heard.. u don't win olympic gold n have a amateur record of 100+ wins wit just 1 loss if u got "mediocre talent"

[JL87]

Who ever said these two guys had average talent. is just fucking retarded. This fight should have been KO of the year instead of norris-mugabi.

1990 was some yr of sweet KOs douglas-Tyson, norris-mugabi, witaker-nazario, davis-breland

[maskedmillionaire]

Commentator: "I don't think Davis has thrown a good right hand this round." And then, BANG!

[86pimp3]

Neither one of these guy's had mediocre talen especially Breland. Breland had a mediocre chin and Davis didn't always give his all.

[wubranch]

I agree.

[mortcola]

Yup. Top flight welters/jr. middleweights, with a few limitations. Just wrong to call them mediocre.

[drevalwil]

This fight was started in Percy's Barber Shop in the Bronx, Both fighters were int the shop talking crap to each other, when finally they let their mgt team set up the fight. It was funny that day.

[Vamoalla]

Mediocre talent vs. Mediocre talent.

[scatman44]

Tompkins in the house, where Mark was a hero! I remember hyping up Mark in front of classmates at school. I also remember the Gold Mercedes. And who in that neighborhood could forget the surprise Olympic homecoming party, long before this knockout, though!

[magicktorch]

I remember Breland wasting Lloyd Honeyghan( who hammered Don Curry) to take the world title in mid 80's. Breland just kept decking him with straight rights. Thanks for the upload.

[AuldThwaite]

The fight is great but the adverts are superb.

[sniper1958]

Breland was a pussy

[sidethehead]

yeah, maybe you should post us some of your bouts, so we can see what real boxing is all about....

[texascrude]

used to spar with Breland at the Coney Island Boxing Club in the late seventies. Some questioned his heart because he didn't act like a punk. Tyson would come around and talk crap when he wasn't busy hiding in elevators, mugging old ladies in the projects.

He was fast and never hit me that hard, but he may not have wanted to. (I wasn't as accomplished as he was at the time.)

Anyway, great amatuer. Classy person.

[1966tinman]

I remember Mark Breland from the amateurs, He was hyped a lot prior to the 1984 Olympics and he lived up to his potential as an amateur. I think he had a lot of problems with brittle hands and he was compared to Tommy Hearns.

[sidethehead]

you're right about his hands. he was a thin dude, with bony hands, not so great for a boxer. i remember he had a few breaks, and i'm sure that affected his confidence as a puncher. i fought in the same division as him in the 80s, and he was a nice guy, especially considering the environment he came from. i wish him the best.

[ianandori]

Say what you want about the fighting talents of Breland but good for him he handled his finances right. He is secure. How many ex pugs can say that ?

[f1r3m4n100]

Breland and Hearns used to pull their left low when throwing their big right hands. The danger there is walking into another right EXACTLY like Breland does. I mean Breland's left hand is actually below his own belt as he eats a Davis right.

[Satori1800]

Aaron Pryor is the greatest fighter of all time:)

SWEET: Thanks for great video:)

[noirnoticvibe]

mark breland had some much class and charisma a lot of dudes was hatin on him because he was a gentleman...after this fight aaron said he gotta say breland was better than he thought...i had breland winning....i've trained with aaron up in morris park boxing gym, bronx ny he's a classy guy himself

[ojsucksit]

Mark Breland was a bum Alex!

[mychu1015]

You obviously don't know anything about boxing, he was clearly winning the fight and only a Dumb Ass, such as yourself would make that comment. Get a life!

[mychu1015]

Mark Breland is one of the great ones and this guy ojsucksit doesn't have a clue what he's talking about!

[ojsucksit]

Don, question my boxing knowledge,I Know EverythinG.Ask me a question please!And they both suck.

[mychu1015]

So, why did you watch this, because they're cute? Anyway, you seem to know more about sucking than boxing, I think you're on the wrong site!

[fireknight187]

I agrees davis wasnt shit his dads a bum ass trainer to he work with me when i was in a trainig there all full of shit

[texascrude]

Howard Davis or Aaron Davis?

[86pimp3]

Davis had alot of potential.

[StreetmathNYC]

Niggas got the malt liquer ad lmao...woooooooow!!!

[cseval]

I was 13 when i saw this fight, and if i remember they where gonna stop the fight, cuz of davis's eye. but he said give me one more round, and he knocked him out in that round. I could be wrong, but it was a great fight anyway.

[xylofish1]

"i dont know if he's throw a good right hand this round alex"uh huh

[supremejoseph]

I recorded this fight I still have it on vhs.

[kevvyxxx]

wow breland walked onto it,looked like he was going to lose breland started to hit him at will,and his face was looking a mess,what a finish!

[trezuru]

Great fight. It was a Saturday afternoon classic. Aaron caught my man Breland with a short haymaker. DAM, DAM, DAM...(smile)

[DeformedUglyMan]

One of the greatest boxing matches in history.

[chrisinmainz]

hahaha, still laughing my ass off at the schlitz malt liquor commercial, nice fight though...

[kbond225]

Thanks for posting. I remember I was working at Wal-Mart that day and I missed it. The only part I've ever seen (before now) was the knockout. Thanks again.

[captspualding]

Thanks for posting this classic fight.