Is Mark Breland the greatest disappointment as a professional ever?

I think he trains MMA fighters down in Florida.Cool Brother.

 

Personally, for me, I would say it's a toss-up between Howard Davis Jr, and Alex Ramos.

 

A bigger disappointment is that Moochy was so overlooked at the time.

 

Breland and Davis, Jr....... Big Bombs...yikes

MR.BILL

 

No. I'd say his own expectations were far lower and a lot more realistic than everyone else's

 

only super heavy gold medalist never won a world title (still waiting for aud)




oh **** yeah audley harrison. i don't know if the u.s. understood how infatuated the British public where with audley when he won the gold in sydney

 

was gonna put audley, britain thought we had a new superstar, who isnt even a domestic level british fighter :verysad even worse though, he somehow wrangled a world title shot, where he proved his ability :-(

 

The guy is a f'n laughing stock.

 

Fraudley is the one. Breland at least won a title and beat a bunch of very good fighters, including a past-his-best Lloyd Honeyghan in a shockingly dominant performance.

I knew that the A-Force was a-farce when he took a year out after his win against Tomasz Bonin. At that stage, he just seemed to be a slowly managed pro, but his 2004 opposition had been an improvement and his skills were progressing. The next I saw of him, he lost to Danny Williams in the dullest British title fight I have ever seen. And it's been more or less downhill ever since, with the occasional frustrating glimpses of talent.

All that after being hailed as the next Lennox Lewis from 2000-2004.

 

That's the problem when fans listen to the media and the hype job they do on certain fighters. Breland hype came from winning a gold medal at the olympics where no cuba or teh communist block participated. There are plenty of fighters that get hyped a lot and dont make it panchito bojado is another one that comes to mind.

:hat

 

WOW!!! the guy that was the arguably the best fighter of his era, the guy who was at or near the top of the lb for lb rankings for a 10 yr span, the guy who was named fighter of the decade in the 90s, THIS is the fighter who you say was the biggest disappointment ever as a pro?

 

his neck was too long. He was too lanky for a fighter, too much of him to hit.

I must say this for Roy Jones, he filled every expectation I ever had for him and then some. I never personally liked the man but he beats many fighters that I have seen by miles and he owned sport throught the 90s and beyond

 

Maybe when it came down to it, fighting wasn't an instinctive thing for Mark Breland. I remember reading an article where he was minding his own business washing his car, and a cop that knew who Breland was and thought he'd be a smartarse came up and said he was issuing a ticket for some minor parking infringement. Breland said "no problem officer, I'll pay it". The cop was expecting a drama and when he didn't get it he started claiming Breland had done or said something to him. Cuffed and arrested. Breland just took it

Maybe this incident was an insight into Mark Breland the person. He simply didn't seem to have that viciousness often needed in boxing

 

Oh yes, massively so. After Toney he had the world at his feet. But fights against Hopkins (a rematch, when it mattered), Benn, Eubank, Collins, McClellan and Michalczewski were what were needed. All the fights listed he would of been a warm to hot favourite to win, but for various reasons, these fights did not happen.

Because of this Jones struggled to show greatness. No doubt beating Pazienza, Byrd et al showed of his athleticism, his speed and his reflexes. No doubt he made good money as well, but these fights failed to give evidence that Jones was not just an exceptional fighter, but a fighter who could be compared to the likes of Robinson.