Dennis lives in Hawaii with his wife and child and still trains daily.
He says he would still fight if the offer was right but as everyone knows, he really has nothing to prove in the full contact rules arena.

However, there are three opponents that would still make a good fan fight for Dennis.

There have been talks as recently as a month ago about matching Dennis and Stan Longinidis again or Dennis and Rick Roufus. These would be the best opponents for a final fight for Dennis if he were to retire after it.
Alexo's only fight problems came in leg kick bouts. His only 2 loses were in leg kick bouts to Longinidis (The famous leg break) and Don Wilson and a questionable finish against Branko Cikatic in Las Vegas.

However Dennis and Rick Roufus never met in the ring under any rule style.
Alexio vs Roufus is probably the best full contact heavyweight match today, regardless of Dennis' age and the comments of being "Past his prime." by some. However, as good as it could be, it may never happen since purse money may forever keep them apart.

To many promoters this was the dream bout match-up many wanted to do in the mid to late 90's. However when K-1 came along it took the focus off of a full contact (Above the waist) rules bout. Roufus went into leg kicks as many fighters have, for the money that stopped flowing in full contact style fighting. A switch that shortened many fighters careers.

Regardless of the stabs many take at Alexio, he was clearly the best ever full contact rules heavyweight kickboxer in the world in his prime. He won his IKF Heavyweight World Title against Barrington Patterson of London, England by TKO at the end of the 5th round In Hawaii, USA on May 31st, 1997. He defended it once against Achille Roger of Dijon France on May 1st, 1998. It was over at 1:10 of the 4th round and Alexio had once again, as he has done 66 times before, acknowledged the crowd as the winner. The knockout gives Alexio 62 on his pro career. He still holds the IKF World Title today.

We said there were THREE opponents left for Alexio... The third would be even a greater long shot... A chance for Alexio to redeem his loss to Don Wilson. However, at Wilson's weight now, Light Heavyweight - 172.1 lbs. - 179 lbs. or 78.2Kg - 81.3Kg such a bout would be very doubtful.

Regardless what his future holds, it's too bad the opportunities and money stopped flowing in his rule style of fighting. Not that it's flowing in "ANY" style. K-1 is no answer either, only offering opportunities to heavyweights and even they have to be "Invited" to get a shot at the big money. And what a trip to even get to that big money... Some fighting in as many as 3 tournaments just to get to the grand prix. Most of the K-1 regional events don't pay big either. Do the math, 3 fights for $5,000.00..... Nothing great there... Not to mention some of the even smaller regional K-1 tournaments that pay $2,500 grand prizes for the 3 wins... and a flat $500 to everyone else in the tournament.

The fact is, the fighters deserve more. The whole sport deserves more. But isn't this the same gripe that sent fighters like Alexio and MANY others into different careers...

Lets hope we all live to see this sport be rewarded for what it needs instead of working ourselves to death trying to "Make It Happen!"