Alex started off really solid as a prospect and was a top contender in the late 80's and would jump in and out of the rankings thru the 90's.

I think he jumped on the scene when he beat Arthel Lawhorne who at the time was coming off 2 decent/good wins over Mustafa & Tillis back to back and had previously defeated Booker T.

Some useless info. for you... Alex is somewhat part of the reason why Tyson stopped fighting on HBO. Merchant went off on Tyson having fought him that King said if HBO didnt can him they would not comeback on HBO and well they never looked back.

Overall he was OK, but always fell short against world class.
A warrior nonetheless.

To be fair to George he was 43 at the time so it's not like he fought a prime George.