Dennis Raymond Alexio (born March 12, 1959) is an American former kickboxer who competed in the light heavyweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. Starting out as a light heavyweight, Alexio kicked off his career with an extensive, knockout-laden undefeated streak before losing a decision to Don "The Dragon" Wilson in a WKA World Super Light Heavyweight Full Contact Championship match in 1984. He rebounded from this by winning the PKA World Light Heavyweight tilte that same year before moving up to cruiserweight and taking the ISKA World Cruiserweight Full Contact strap. In the late 1980s, he began his transition to the heavyweight division where he won six world titles and was, for a short time, considered the undisputed World Heavyweight Champion. He faced the two toughest tests of his career in 1992 against Branko Cikatić and Stan Longinidis, fighting to a controversial draw with Cikatić and losing to Longinidis via an early low kick KO.An aggressive fighter possessing good boxing skills and a powerful spinning back kick to the midsection, Alexio retired with an impressive 92% KO ratio. However, he competed almost exclusively under full contact rules and was criticized for rarely facing top-level competition despite being active throughout heavyweight kickboxing's Golden Age in the 1990s. Wilson, Cikatić and Longinidis are widely believed to have been his only world-class opponents, none of whom he was able to beat.
The fight with Stan Longinidis was ruled a "no contest" and it was determined that Alexio's leg was injured due to a defective ring floor.
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During December the 6th 1992, Australian kick boxer, Stan "The Man" Longinidis broke his leg. The fight lasted six seconds before Alexio's shin bone was shattered in front of 10,000 fans as well as a further 3000+ watching the show live on closed circuit TV.
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IKF Full Contact Rules Heavyweight Champion [March 2001]
$9 Million
