Alex Stewart (28 June 1964 – 16 November 2016) was a British-born American professional boxer. He represented Jamaica at the 1984 Olympics, and won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1983 Pan American Games. During his professional career, he fought world champions Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, George Foreman, Oleg Maskaev, and Michael Moorer. Known for being a strong finisher, 40 of his 43 career wins came inside the distance.

Amateur career Stewart was a member of the Jamaican 1984 Olympic team. He was beaten by Sweden's Håkan Brock in the quarter final of the heavyweight competition, losing by a 5–0 decision.Alex Stewart Amateur Record at the BoxingRecords. Last updated : 12 April 2006. A year earlier he won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games. He lost to Michael Bentt in a thrilling match in the 1985 Heavyweight Golden Gloves Finals.

Highlights Pan American Games (heavyweight), Caracas, Venezuela, August 1983: 1/4: Defeated Jorge Dascola (Argentina) KO 1 1/2: Lost to Aurelio Toyo (Cuba) RSC 2

Olympic Games (heavyweight), Los Angeles, California, August 1984: 1/16: Defeated Virgilio Frias (Dominicana) KO 2 1/8: Lost to Håkan Brock (Sweden) 0–5

National Golden Gloves (heavyweight), 1985: Finals: Lost to Michael Bentt

Professional career

Nicknamed "The Destroyer", Stewart did just that in the heavyweight ranks, at least early in his career. Stewart reeled off 24 consecutive wins, all by KO, prior to his defeat to Evander Holyfield, to whom he lost twice.

Stewart is probably best known for being blown out by Mike Tyson in the first round in 1990 at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City., and lost to other notable heavyweights of his era, including Michael Moorer, George Foreman, and Oleg Maskaev.

Stewart's loss to Foreman is likely his most notable ring performance. Although Foreman knocked him down twice, Stewart recovered to lose a narrow majority decision to Foreman, in which Foreman was badly swollen about the face.

Retirement and death After two consecutive knockout losses, Stewart retired from boxing in 1999, and after retiring worked in the New York area for a liquor distributor. Stewart died in Mount Vernon, New York in November 2016 of a blood clot in his lung.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes53Loss43–10 Jorge Luis GonzálezTKO2 (10), 6 Jun 1999 52Loss43–9 Lance WhitakerTKO7 (10), 16 Jan 1999 51Win43–8 Ezra SellersTKO3 (10), 8 Oct 1998 50Loss42–8 Phil JacksonUD1024 Jul 1998 49Win42–7 Abdul MuhayminUD812 Jun 1998 48Loss41–7 Oleg MaskaevTKO7 (10)27 Sep 1997 47Win41–6 James WarringUD101 May 1997 46Win40–6 Samson CohenKO1 (10), 6 Mar 1997 45Loss39–6 Craig PetersenTKO8 (10), 3 Nov 1996 44Win39–5 Bryant SmithKO6 (10), 6 Feb 1996 43Win38–5 Terry AndersonKO1 (10), 2 Dec 1995 42Win37–5 Darren HaydenRTD5 (10), 3 Oct 1995 41Win36–5 Jesse FergusonUD108 Aug 1995 40Win35–5 Tyrone EvansTKO4 (10), 9 May 1995 39Win34–5 Tyrone EvansTKO6 (8), 10 Sep 1994 38Win33–5 Derrick RoddyTKO6 (10), 2 Jul 1994 37Loss32–5 Evander HolyfieldUD1226 Jun 1993 36Win32–4 Rick EnisTKO3 (10)26 Apr 1993 35Win31–4 Jerry HalsteadTKO7 (10)6 Feb 1993 34Win30–4 Marshall TillmanTKO10 (10), 25 Aug 1992 33Win29–4 Paul PoirierTKO3 (10), 24 Jul 1992 32Loss28–4 George ForemanMD1011 Apr 1992 31Win28–3 Joey ChristjohnTKO3 (10)22 Feb 1992 30Loss27–3 Michael MoorerTKO4 (10), 27 Jul 1991 29Win27–2 Danny WoffordRTD4 (10), 11 Apr 1991 28Loss26–2 Mike TysonTKO1 (10), 8 Dec 1990 27Win26–1 Jamie HoweTKO7 (10), 3 Jul 1990 26Win25–1 Mark YoungRTD5 (10), 25 May 1990 25Loss24–1 Evander HolyfieldTKO8 (12), 4 Nov 1989 24Win24–0 Terry ArmstrongTKO3 (10), 10 Aug 1989 23Win23–0 Fernando MontesTKO2 (10), 13 Jul 1989 22Win22–0 Michael JohnsonTKO2 (10)29 Apr 1989 21Win21–0 Arthel LawhorneTKO4 (10), 30 Mar 1989 20Win20–0 David JacoTKO1 (10)18 Feb 1989 19Win19–0 Eddie RichardsonKO3 (10), 15 Dec 1988 18Win18–0 Lorenzo CanadyTKO4 (10), 27 Oct 1988 17Win17–0 Tim AdamsTKO1 (8), 23 Sep 1988 16Win16–0 Conroy NelsonTKO2 (8)31 Jul 1988 15Win15–0 Calvin ShermanTKO1 (8), 14 Jul 1988 14Win14–0 Aaron BrownTKO1 (10), 26 May 1988 13Win13–0 Jim BerryTKO1 (8), 20 May 1988 12Win12–0 Mike JonesKO4 (8), 12 May 1988 11Win11–0 Harry TerrellKO1 (8), 25 Mar 1988 10Win10–0 George GarzaTKO2 (6), 4 Feb 1988 9Win9–0 John MortonTKO4 (6)17 Dec 1987 8Win8–0 Juan QuintanaTKO2 (8)27 Nov 1987 7Win7–0 Ernie PooleTKO1 (?), 20 Nov 1987 6Win6–0 Jimmy HarrisonTKO2 (6), 27 Oct 1987 5Win5–0 Tim MorrisonTKO2 (6), 1 Oct 1987 4Win4–0 Dennis CainTKO2 (4), 6 Aug 1987 3Win3–0 Jim LittleKO1 (4), 18 Jun 1987 2Win2–0 Eric MitchellTKO3 (4)7 May 1987 1Win1–0 James WalkerTKO3 (4), 6 Sep 1986

Personal life Alex Stewart is survived by his wife, Angella Stewart, and his daughter, Ajay-Tenille Stewart, who was born in 1985.

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