He later became an actor with a wide range of movie and television credits, having made his debut in The Lords of Discipline, and also appeared in the music video for The Pointer Sisters' 1985 hit single, "Dare Me".

The Smithsonian Museum for African American History and Culture in Washington, DC displays an honorary picture of Mark Breland & his coveted 1984 Olympic team in recognition of their achievements.

[citation needed] Plus one unaccounted loss by medical disqualification,[4] due to withdrawal because of toxic poisoning, which caused Breland to spend most of the fight week in a New York hospital.

[5] Breland won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, was awarded the 1982 Boxer of the Year by USAABF,[5] and rated #1 amateur welterweight in the world by AIBA in 1984.

Fighters were known to delay their trip to the coveted NYC Daily News Golden Gloves during Mark Breland's five year consecutive reign in order to avoid facing him.

[7] At that time he narrowly escaped bigger troubles, falling under destructive influence of his teammate Ricky Womack, who happened to be an authoritative figure for Breland, eventually was sentenced and jailed.

In 1989 Breland again won the vacant WBA welterweight title by defeating another contender, Seung Soon Lee, by first round knockout on 4 February, 1989, in Las Vegas, Nevada.